Medea
Film was created by the tragedy of Seneca in a new for cinema genre of Rhythmodrama, in which the main basis of acting and atmosphere is music written before shooting. Music lasts for 64 minutes in 66 minuteÂ’s film. Actors repeated under music, following temporhythm of music during reading of the poem (there are no vocals in the film). Music defined the mood of scenes and the order of montage.
Medea, the Colchian princess in past, just has learned that her husband Jason has to marry Creusa, daughter of king Creon. Broken-hearted, she cannot believe that Jason, for whom she has performed a lot of crimes, can abandon her. Exactly she helped him to steal Golden Fleece of her father, abandoned her kingdom following her husband, and killed her younger brother to stop the pursuit. The death of king Pelias who didnÂ’t return Jason legal power of the kingdom was also MedeaÂ’s fault.
Medea cannot live without Jason because of amorous arrow in her heart send by Jerot under the godÂ’s will. So she decided to return Jason or take revenge. Her vengeance will be awful, because Medea is not a simple woman, she is sorceress, and weird forces come to her under her call.