the humanities film series presents
PHAEDRA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 at 9 PM
ETC LECTURE HALL

The 1962 Jules Dassin film Phaedra stars Melina Mercouri in a retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus. In modern Greece, Alexis’s father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, marries the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis (Anthony Perkins) meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family?