Primo 38+ Maria Callas Medea Pasolini. Filmed in göreme open air museum's early christian churches, it stars opera singer maria callas in her only film role. .early movies, pier paolo pasolini's medea draws on euripides's play after first relating the story of jason and the argonauts' voyage to steal the golden region of turkey, it's visually astonishing, and at its centre is maria callas in her only film role, a commanding presence with her large brown eyes.