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Antigone/Rites of Passion

Oct 31, 1990 · 1h 25m
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Drama

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This first feature by Amy Greenfield brings to the screen the story of the daughter of Oedipus in an emotionally relentless, visually stunning New Music Film Opera which challenges the conventions of narrative cinema to create a genre of its own. The 2500-year-old drama of the woman who defied the state to bury her brother is transformed through stark, ceaseless movement, haunting sounds and music (including themes from Glen Branca, David Van Tieghem, Elliot Sharp and Diamanda Galas) and words of outcry against our own world's injustice.

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CAST

Alan Howard
Haemon & Polynices (voice)
Bertram Ross
Oedipus
Janet Eilber
Ismene
Amy Greenfield
Antigone
Henry Montes
Polynices
Silvio Facchin
Eteocles
Boris McGiver
Guard
Eric Villani
Guard
Directed by Amy Greenfield

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Eclipse Productions
Country
US

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