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65% Critic Match
Antigone
“You can't force destiny”
6.5 / 10• 2003• 1h 56m•NR• French
Drama
Storyline
Having defied the ban on Creon and offered a burial to Polynice, her treacherous homeland brother, Antigone is condemned to a slow death in a stone tomb, despite the interposition of Hémon, her fiance, the son of Creon . Nevertheless, Creon ends up following the advice of his diviner Tiresias and, fearing the wrath of the gods, buries Polynices with dignity. When he is about to free Antigone, the young woman had already hanged herself. Mad with pain, Hémon commits suicide by his side.
Cast & Crew
Barbara Schulz
Antigone
Lead
Robert Hossein
Créon
Bernard Dhéran
Le Choeur
Pierre Dourlens
Le 1er Garde
JK
Julie Kapour
La Nourrice
Elsa Mollien
Ismène
JM
Julien Mulot
Hémon
Bruno Henry
Le Messager
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nicolas Briançon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Antigone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
