Ancient Greece meets 20th-century Colombia

So I read up about a film adaptation of Oedipus called Edipo Alcalde (“Oedipus Mayor”). It came out in 1996 and the movie is set in 20th century Colombia. In this modern day depiction of Sophocles’ play, rebel wars break out in contemporary Colombia. The rebel wars are a subsitute for the Theban plagues. Mayor Edipo, a young dude, is on a journey to make peace between various warlords and the Colombian army. During his travels, he gets into a shoot-out. Edipo fires back and escapes. He makes it to a town and recieves word that an important leader named Layo was shot dead, his killer unknown. Soon a “blind coffin-maker” called Tiresias (only name from original play that is kept the same in this film) comes into town and prophesizes Edipo’s future which isn’t looking so good. Tiresias tells Edipo that Layo was slain by his own kin. Of course at this time, Edipo is already involved with Yocasta, his mom. BASICALLY same story, different time period and place. The film was directed by Jorge Alí Triana and co-written by Stella Malagon and - get this - GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ. Turns out Márquez was quite involved in the cinematic world, starting out as a film critic and then going on to do some directing and screenwriting. It’s cool how this movie kind of connects Sophocles and Márquez. I wonder what Sophocles would think of the film.