Alexander Zeldovich finished writing the script for “Medea” in 2016, but the film was only finished ten days ago – just in time for Locarno’s international competition. This is not unusual for authors of so-called “arthouse films” – though Zeldovich says he dislikes the term – and quite fitting for a director who usually takes ten years to release a new film. “Because it needs a lot of time, and time is money”, he told swissinfo.ch. “Medea”, as the title suggests, is a recreation of the classica

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