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Antigone (VOF)
Location
Fernand-Seguin screening room
Date
September 26th, 2021
Duration
109 min
Cycle
10th anniversary of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois

Depuis 10 ans, le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, parrainé par Québec Cinéma, célèbre notre cinéma en le plaçant au centre des regards de la communauté collégiale. Ce cycle soulignera le 10e anniversaire de cette grande fête qui permet aux étudiant.e.s de se sensibiliser au cinéma d’ici et présentera les films lauréats du PCCQ depuis 2012.

The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.

Antigone
Directed by
Sophie Deraspe
Language
French version
Actors
Nahéma Ricci, Antoine Desrochers, Hakim Brahimi
Origins
Québec
Year
2019
Duration
109 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Antigone is a 16-year-old girl who came to Canada from Algeria as a child with some of her family. While she excels at school, her two brothers have turned to crime. When one ends up in jail and is threatened with deportation, she comes up with a plan to have him released, which gets her into trouble.

A modern adaptation of the Greek tragedy, in which a young woman with an indestructible love of family and justice takes on the authorities. This classic, universal struggle is primarily fought out on social media. The warm solidarity in the viral world, depicted by video-like impressions, contrasts markedly with the system’s cold rules. Antigone is a beacon of hope, who with her independent character commands respect and starts a movement in which humanity trumps fear and indifference.

Antigone
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Sophie Deraspe

Sophie Deraspe is a Quebec filmmaker, director of photography and producer. She is considered to be one of the outstanding figures of the new Quebecois cinema. Her work, which focuses on contemporary art, constantly questions the limits, particularly those of representation, of "reality" and fiction. After studying visual arts in Austria, she studied French literature and then film studies at the Université de Montréal from 1995 to 1998. With her Bachelor's degree in hand, she assisted the directing department on the feature films La moitié gauche du frigo by Philippe Falardeau and Le crabe dans la tête by André Turpin. She is the director of photography on numerous film and television productions. In 2001, she became a member of Vidéographe's Board of Directors, then its president in 2007-2008.

(Wikipedia)

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