Antigone
French, original language, subtitles PL
Full cast and creators
Directed by
Sophie Deraspe
Screenplay
Sophie Deraspe
Editing
Geoffrey Boulangé,
Sophie Deraspe
Music
Jean Massicotte,
Jad Orphée Chami
Cast
Nahéma Ricci,
Rachida Oussaada,
Nour Belkhiria,
Rawad El-Zein,
Hakim Brahimi,
Paul Doucet,
Antoine Desrochers,
Benoit Gouin,
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne,
Lise Castonguay,
Nathalie Tannous,
Catherine Larochelle
Producer
Marc Daigle
Classical Sophocles’ play embedded in the reality of contemporary Montreal. After the murder of her parents, Antigone, her grandmother and siblings find refuge in a poorer part of the city. When the police shoot one of her brothers and arrest the other one, the girl will do anything to save her family’s reputation.
Sophie Deraspe
Director and screenwriter. Before she directed her first feature film ‘Rechercher Victor Pellerin’ (2006), she had been involved in documentary filmmaking. Her second feature film ‘Les signes vitaux’ won 15 awards at 30 international festivals. ‘Antigone’ is her fifth feature film.
