Phaedra (1962)

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.

Released May 25, 1962 116 min 18+

Genres: Drama, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.greece, tmdb.tragedy, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.stepmother-stepson-sex, imdb.forbidden-love, mdblist.rotten, imdb.bare-chested-male + 173 more, imdb.hairy-chested-male, tmdb.greek-mythology, tmdb.athens-greece, tmdb.aston-martin, tmdb.seer, tmdb.stepmother, tmdb.stepson, tmdb.aegean-sea, tmdb.fate, tmdb.car-wreck, tmdb.drive-over-cliff, tmdb.greek-island, tmdb.shipping-magnate, tmdb.business-tycoon, tmdb.ship-launch, tmdb.hydra, tmdb.father-son-conflict, tmdb.greek-tragedy, tmdb.fortune-telling, tmdb.stepmother-stepson-relationship, tmdb.male-heir, imdb.based-on-greek-tragedy, imdb.writer-producer-director, imdb.title-co-written-by-female, imdb.sexual-melodrama, imdb.greek-literature-on-screen, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.family-drama, imdb.age-disparate-romance, imdb.doomed-romance, imdb.tragic-romance, imdb.shipping-tycoon, imdb.stepmother-stepson-relationship, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.guilt, imdb.infidelity, imdb.unfaithful-wife, imdb.jealousy, imdb.london-england, imdb.phaedra-character, imdb.paris-france, imdb.ship-owner, imdb.suicide, imdb.24-year-old-man, imdb.passionate-affair, imdb.aegean-sea, imdb.marriage-as-a-business, imdb.arranged-marriage, imdb.suicide-of-son, imdb.suicide-of-wife, imdb.ship-launching, imdb.high-society-party, imdb.confidante, imdb.natural-history-museum-london, imdb.aspiring-painter, imdb.femme-fatale, imdb.inheritance, imdb.namesake, imdb.wrecked-boat, imdb.car-driven-off-a-cliff, imdb.sleep-mask, imdb.suicide-by-drug-overdose, imdb.lost-at-sea, imdb.double-suicide, imdb.shipping-freighter, imdb.matchmaker, imdb.bitch-slap, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.building-a-business-empire, imdb.greek-tragedy, imdb.heir, imdb.premonition, imdb.greek-chorus, imdb.widower, imdb.shipping-business, imdb.suicide-by-overdose, imdb.stepmother-adult-stepson-relationship, imdb.stepmother-seduces-stepson, imdb.stepmother-stepson-kiss, imdb.sex-with-stepmother, imdb.woman-has-sex-with-father-and-son, imdb.marching-band, imdb.stepmother-in-love-with-stepson, imdb.sex-with-stepson, imdb.older-woman-younger-man-kiss, imdb.ship-christening, imdb.uncle-niece-relationship, imdb.jewelry, imdb.husband-wife-kiss, imdb.fireworks, imdb.dinner-jacket, imdb.helicopter, imdb.sailboat, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.holding-hands, imdb.american-in-europe, imdb.taboo-relationship, imdb.woman-smoking, imdb.reference-to-aphrodite, imdb.camera-shot-of-a-woman-s-feet, imdb.dinner-by-candlelight, imdb.sacrifice, imdb.family-affairs, imdb.reference-to-leonardo-da-vinci, imdb.father-and-son-have-sex-with-the-same-woman, imdb.wife-cheats-on-husband-with-his-son, imdb.aston-martin-db4, imdb.sex-scene, imdb.older-woman-younger-man-sex, imdb.stepmother-stepson-affair, imdb.older-woman-seduces-younger-man, imdb.milf, imdb.wife-lies-to-husband, imdb.woman-wears-a-black-bra, imdb.man-rips-a-woman-s-clothes-off, imdb.implied-female-nudity, imdb.female-star-appears-in-underwear, imdb.sikorsky-s-55-whirlwind-helicopter, imdb.woman-rejects-a-man-s-advances, imdb.woman-wears-a-nightgown, imdb.man-removes-a-woman-s-bra, imdb.guilty-conscience, imdb.woman-slaps-a-woman, imdb.love-triangle, imdb.two-women-in-bed, imdb.wife-betrays-husband, imdb.female-star-appears-in-swimsuit, imdb.shipping-container, imdb.male-cousin-female-cousin-marriage, imdb.reference-to-marriage-between-cousins, imdb.teenage-girl-wrapped-in-a-towel, imdb.jealous-woman, imdb.jealous-stepmother, imdb.woman-touches-a-man-s-face, imdb.sexual-desire, imdb.short-shorts, imdb.discus-throw, imdb.throwing-plates, imdb.jealous-cousin, imdb.kissing-cousins, imdb.in-love-with-a-cousin, imdb.woman-wears-a-bra-and-panties, imdb.woman-wears-a-slip, imdb.cleavage, imdb.escaping-an-arranged-marriage, imdb.sunken-ship, imdb.widows, imdb.wading-through-a-crowd, imdb.confessing-to-infidelity, imdb.shipping-magnate, imdb.betrayal, imdb.bloody-face, imdb.woman-undresses-a-woman, imdb.nipples-visible-through-clothing, imdb.reckless-driving, imdb.shrouded-corpse, imdb.mercedes-truck, imdb.car-over-a-cliff, imdb.suicide-by-pills, imdb.woman-kisses-a-woman, imdb.sleeping-mask, imdb.hairy-chest, imdb.man-in-swimsuit, imdb.penis-bulge, imdb.live-action, imdb.cousin-cousin-incest, imdb.incest, imdb.greece, imdb.reference-to-johann-sebastian-bach, imdb.father-son-romantic-rivalry, imdb.foreign-language-adaptation, aspectratio.1-66-1