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“Antigone places family duty and personal conscience against political authority with the stark moral pressure of Sophoclean tragedy.”
Storyline
In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resig...
DIRECTOR / Director
Yorgos Tzavellas
KEYWORDS
greek mythologyancient greecethebessophoklesantigone
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Gods decree fate, heroes embark on quests, and mortals face the long road home.
Antigone places family duty and personal conscience against political authority with the stark moral pressure of Sophoclean tragedy.
