A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.
Directed by Jules Dassin
greece
athens, greece
aston martin
seer
stepmother
greek mythology
tragedy
stepson
fate
aegean sea
car wreck
drive over cliff
greek island
shipping magnate
business tycoon
ship launch
hydra
father son conflict
greek tragedy
fortune-telling
stepmother stepson relationship
male heir
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Cast
Melina Mercouri
Phaedra Kyrilis
Anthony Perkins
Alexis Kyrilis
Raf Vallone
Thanos Kyrilis
Elizabeth Ercy
Ercy (as Elisabeth Ercy)
Tzavalas Karousos
Phaedra's father, (as T. Karoussos)
Zorz Sarri
Ariadne
Andreas Filippides
Andreas
Stelios Vokovich
Stravos
Nikos Tzogias
Felere (as Nicos Tzoyas)
Tasso Kavadia
Kostas Baladimas
Dimos (as Dimos Baladinas)
Faidon Georgitsis
Crew
Jules Dassin
Director
Jules Dassin
Writer
Margarita Lymberaki
Screenplay
Míkis Theodorakis
Original Music Composer
Jacques Natteau
Director of Photography
Jules Dassin
Producer
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Euripides
Theatre Play
Max Douy
Art Direction
Noël Howard
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
Surina
5.0★ · 03/20/25
Yeah unfortunately this is as bad as I remember. Tony is great tho.
Yeah unfortunately this is as bad as I remember. Tony is great tho.
grcentm
7.2★ · 12/21/24
a bit too long like, some fat needed to be trimmed but melina mercouri was acting her ass off damn
a bit too long like, some fat needed to be trimmed but melina mercouri was acting her ass off damn
christy
7.0★ · 11/30/24
phaedra genuinely made me so so so angry watching the second half i hate her so so much she’s a grown ass woman acting like a literal child i got so angry watching this movie i was going to give it 3 stars but Tony’s performance in his final scene was so good i gave it another half star for that
maybe if Thanos was a bad person i could understand this movie slightly more but he wasn’t he didn’t deserve any of this and it also could’ve just been forgotten about if phaedra wasn’t the most annoying character in any movie ever written and could just let go
maybe i just didn’t get this movie that’s highly possible but idc shit made me mad sorry guys
phaedra genuinely made me so so so angry watching the second half i hate her so so much she’s a grown ass woman acting like a literal child i got so angry watching this movie i was going to give it 3 stars but Tony’s performance in his final scene was so good i gave it another half star for that
maybe if Thanos was a bad person i could understand this movie slightly more but he wasn’t he didn’t deserve any of this and it also could’ve just been forgotten about if phaedra wasn’t the most annoying character in any movie ever written and could just let go
maybe i just didn’t get this movie that’s highly possible but idc shit made me mad sorry guys
Francia
7.1★ · 05/18/24
when anthony perkins said “yes mommy” i think my heart stopped
when anthony perkins said “yes mommy” i think my heart stopped
Julia
4.0★ · 11/09/23
thinking about how the stepson called his stepmom “mommy” in a public location and then had sex with her immediately after the fact
thinking about how the stepson called his stepmom “mommy” in a public location and then had sex with her immediately after the fact
