The Impossibility of Reciting Electra Today

Original title: L'impossibilità di recitare Elettra oggi

1969 107 min Italian Marc-Gilbert Guillaumin, Dominique Issermann, Manrico Pavolettoni, Róska

Overview

An avant-garde theater troupe based in one of the provinces of Emilia is attempting to involve the residents of the small town of Fabrico in a production of Sophocles’ "Electra". However, it soon becomes clear just how difficult this task is, given the group’s persistent collective desire to "question everything."

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