Antigone

A brilliant contemporary retelling of the story of Antigone, set in Montreal. Echoing the classic Greek tragedy of Sophocles, Antigone is the journey of a young woman who defies the authorities and the criminal justice system to protect her family. After a clash with the police leaves one brother dead, and the other incarcerated and facing deportation to the country where their parents were murdered, Antigone orchestrates Polynice’s escape from prison and struggles to keep her family together as their citizenship is threatened and her sentence is deliberated. (Whistler Film Festival)