The question of where does your loyalty lie when the objects of it seem to conflict is central to this movie. On the one hand, Antigone must remain loyal to her brother and is obligated to bury him. On the other hand, it was forbidden to bury enemies of the city near it. The only real problem I have with this movie is that there was nothing stopping her from burying her brother further from the city. While in the movie the command is that he shall not be buried, in actuality there was no such rule; only that it could not be near the city. But I suppose that would result in a boring movie. Even though she seemed to go against the commands of the gods, it was the ruler who ended up being punished by the gods for retaliating against Antigone. What does this tell us? Perhaps that commitments to family are stronger than to the law; but if this were so how would the city's existence be possible? Clearly the laws are more important. Perhaps the only thing that really irked the gods was the way in which the ruler handled the situation. Executing Antigone went too far and insulting the prophet of the gods sealed his fate. Where do our true loyalties lie? Our society or our family? Are they one and the same? Overall a decent movie. If you have a bit of time to ill I recommend you check this movie out.