Film

Antigone

6.820191h 49m16Drama

Age rating: 16
Director: Sophie Deraspe
Year: 2019

Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.

Top cast

Nahéma Ricci

Antigone Hipponome

Nour Belkhiria

Ismène

Rawad El-Zein

Polynice

Rachida Oussaada

Ménécée

Hakim Brahimi

Étéocle

Paul Doucet

Christian

Antoine Desrochers

Hémon

Jean-Sébastien Courchesne

Maître O'Neil

Lise Castonguay

Psychiatre

Benoît Gouin

Enquêteur

Kathleen Fortin

Lyne, gardienne

Sébastien Beaulac

Gardien de prison

Éric Clark

CBSA Officer

L. Fernando Becerra Sánchez

Étéocles's friend

Zalfa Chelhot

Policière

Béatrice Mercier

Professeure d'Antigone

Athéna Henry

Antigone à 3 ans

Sarah Kenny

Ismène à 6 ans

Directed by

Sophie Deraspe

Written by

Sophie Deraspe

Produced by

Marc Daigle