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Director
  
Jessica Yu

Music director
  
Jeff Beal

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary

Screenplay
  
Jessica Yu

Writer
  
Jessica Yu

Protagonist (film) movie poster

Language
  
English German (Klein only) Greek (certain puppetry segments)

Release date
  
November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)

Cast
  
Mark Salzman
,
Hans-Joachim Klein
,
Chris Diamantopoulos
(Narrator),
Marina Sirtis
(Narrator),
Joe Loya

Similar movies
  
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Tagline
  
What do a bank robber, a terrorist, a kung fu student, and a gay evangelist have in common? They're all just like you.

What makes a compelling movie hero or protagonist


Protagonist is a 2007 documentary film about the parallels between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure. The film was written and directed by Jessica Yu.

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It featured extensive interviews with German terrorist Hans-Joachim Klein, ex-gay Christian evangelist Mark Pierpont, Mexican bank-robber Joe Loya, and martial-arts enthusiast Mark Salzman (and the director's husband). Interspersed with the interviews are scenes from ancient Greek drama performed by puppets.

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