'Antigone,' Canadian director Sophie Deraspe's modern take on Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy, effectively indicts Quebec's refugee policies as unjust and heartless
Canada's everyone-is-welcome immigration policy got worldwide attention in 2015 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personally greeted Syrian refugees at a Toronto airport., Canadian director Sophie Deraspe's modern take on Sophocles' classic Greek tragedy, effectively indicts Quebec's refugee policies as unjust and heartless.
"The fact that this film happens in Montreal and that this family is from Algeria is not that important as this story could just as easy happen in Atlanta or Nigeria," Deraspe says. She hopes her film's universal theme of compassion and empathy for refugee newcomers heralds wide global distribution. Finding Ricci to play the mythical Antigone and fellow actors to become her Algerian-Canadian family required the director to sort through 850 applications and audition around 150 actresses challenging for the titular role. Eventually Ricci stood out in the camera's eye as Deraspe did her own cinematography.
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