Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
Thebes
Thebes
2.0
/10
5 Ratings

THEBES

Tebas

Directed by Rodrigo Areias
Portugal, 2007
Drama

Synopsis

Surreal road-movie where Sophocles’ classic tragedy “Oedipus Rex”, winks at Kerouac. Starting point: identity loss by the second wave of Portuguese emigrants. A youngster, fresh out of Paris, searches for his Portuguese roots, as he rides along with a beatnik teamster, dwelling deeper into Thebes.

Synopsis

Surreal road-movie where Sophocles’ classic tragedy “Oedipus Rex”, winks at Kerouac. Starting point: identity loss by the second wave of Portuguese emigrants. A youngster, fresh out of Paris, searches for his Portuguese roots, as he rides along with a beatnik teamster, dwelling deeper into Thebes.