Antigone

In the wake of a brutal civil war, Antigone, daughter of the cursed Oedipus, faces an impossible choice. Her uncle, Creon, now king of Thebes, has decreed that her brother Polynices, who died attacking the city, shall remain unburied—his body left to rot, a gruesome warning. Defying the state's edict and risking a horrific death, Antigone is compelled by divine law and familial love to give her brother proper rites, setting her on a collision course with Creon's absolute authority and unyielding pride. Sophocles masterfully crafts a relentless descent into tragedy as two immovable forces—sacred duty versus civil law—collide.