Proceedings (1976)

1400 B.C. In a small island colony of Minoan Crete called Lycabettus, loyal daughter Antigone becomes queen after the death of her mother, Jocasta. However, her lover Polyneices--the son of Oedipus and brother of Antigone, Ismene, and Eteocles--amasses an army and attempts to seize power, only to end up defeated and banished, seeking refuge in far-off Caria: a region of western Anatolia. As a result, fierce Creon, the brother of the dead queen Jocasta, is appointed general. With King Minos unable to thwart the invader's plans, Polyneices and Eteocles engage in a deadly confrontation outside the city's gates, and die in battle. Consequently, Creon becomes the undisputed leader of the state and declares that Polyneices will not receive a proper burial for committing treason against his own city. But Antigone, still faithful to her dead brother, believes that Polyneices deserves a proper burial. Now, the more Creon implements social reforms, the more his people suffer. Before long, the news that they have made peace with Mycenae spreads like wildfire, and the Cretan delegation exposes Creon as an autocratic, corrupt ruler.