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Canada's official selection for the 2020 Academy Awards and winner of the Best Canadian Feature Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Antigone centers around a high school student in Montréal whose world spirals out of control after her brother is shot during a police intervention. Motivated by her sense of duty towards her family, she jeopardizes her own future to preserve that of her immigrant family. A provocative and timely adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy, the film reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the worldwide immigration crisis.
- Year2019
- Runtime109 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryCanada
- NoteEnglish subtitles
- DirectorSophie Deraspe
- CastNahéma Ricci, Rawad El-Zein, Antoine DesRochers
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Canada's official selection for the 2020 Academy Awards and winner of the Best Canadian Feature Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Antigone centers around a high school student in Montréal whose world spirals out of control after her brother is shot during a police intervention. Motivated by her sense of duty towards her family, she jeopardizes her own future to preserve that of her immigrant family. A provocative and timely adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy, the film reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the worldwide immigration crisis.
- Year2019
- Runtime109 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryCanada
- NoteEnglish subtitles
- DirectorSophie Deraspe
- CastNahéma Ricci, Rawad El-Zein, Antoine DesRochers