Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990)
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.
- Released
- 1990-10-31
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Amy Greenfield
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Alan Howard as Haemon & Polynices (voice)
- Bertram Ross as Oedipus
- Janet Eilber as Ismene
- Amy Greenfield as Antigone
- Henry Montes as Polynices
- Silvio Facchin as Eteocles
- Boris McGiver as Guard
- Eric Villani as Guard
- Robert Lochren as Guard
- Rick Gioia as Guard
- Kenneth Maudlin as Guard
- Maeve Kinkead as Ismene (voice)