Aug 31, 2016
86 min
Full-HD

The Isle of Medea (2016)

On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen before from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film MEDEA, this film celebrates the genius and sensibility of two icons of the XX century.

Category

Documentary

Country

Companies

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Self (archive footage)

Maria Callas

Self (archive footage)

Ninetto Davoli

Nadia Stancioff

Self

Piero Tosi

Self

Gabriella Pescucci

Self

Dacia Maraini

Piera Degli Esposti

Self

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