
Who is the Antigone of today? Does she represent the populists and fundamentalists, or those who oppose them? Based on the interpretation by the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and using motifs from his play “The Triple Life of Antigone”, Jani Sever’s film provides a contemporary reading of the classical Greek tragedy shedding new light on some hot ethical and political issues within the EU.
- Year2020
- Runtime87 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, French, German, Slovenian
- CountrySlovenia
- DirectorJani Sever
- ScreenwriterMiloš Kalusek, Stojan Pelko, Jani Sever
- ProducerNina Jeglič

Who is the Antigone of today? Does she represent the populists and fundamentalists, or those who oppose them? Based on the interpretation by the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and using motifs from his play “The Triple Life of Antigone”, Jani Sever’s film provides a contemporary reading of the classical Greek tragedy shedding new light on some hot ethical and political issues within the EU.
- Year2020
- Runtime87 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, French, German, Slovenian
- CountrySlovenia
- DirectorJani Sever
- ScreenwriterMiloš Kalusek, Stojan Pelko, Jani Sever
- ProducerNina Jeglič