To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values. In helping her brother escape from prison, Antigone confronts the authorities: the police, the judicial and penal systems. "Antigone" views the plight of desperate immigrants through the lens of Greek tragedy, wringing Sophie Deraspe's film adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone updates the central themes of the original. In the movie, Irene Papas plays Antigone, Maro Kodou plays Ismene, and Creon is acted by Manos Katrakis. "Antigone" views the plight of desperate immigrants through the lens of Greek tragedy, wringing compelling drama out of a situation that too often resembles catastrophe in the real world.

MRQE Metric: See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. When a blood feud takes the life of Antigone's (Irene Papas) outlaw brother, the tyrannical King of Thebes decrees that the body he. Equally, Antigone seems right to claim that respect for the dead is an unalterable divine law.

Antigone

Unusual in every respect … Patrick O'Kane and Juliette Binoche in Antigone. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Sophocles was a great Greek playwright credited for Antigone. The Greek were marvelous people and the book shows us a glimpse of their lives. A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian tyrant Creon by burying him. Adaptation contemporaine pour le cinéma de ANTIGONE, par Sophie Deraspe.

Trailer Antigone

Learn about Antigone's moving speech, in which Sophocles' devoted protagonist reflects upon her choices and their consequences. Micari, above center, as Antigone in a production of the ancient Greek tragedy at the Park Avenue In English, actors explain the plot and point out the main characters, including Antigone's warring. Antigone. to your/our world today  An understanding of tragedy as a genre  Effort equal to the time you are given (and to the number of members in your group, if relevant)  Fluid, accurate and skillful.

It is a sequel to Oedipus Rex and tells the story of his daughter Antigone. Eteocles and Polynices, Oedipus's two sons had agreed. Starring: Stephan Wolf Schᅢᄊnburg, Werner Rehm, Kurt Radeke and others. A teenaged girl is executed for going against a king's wishes and honoring her brother's death. - IMDb.