20th Century Women vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for 20th Century Women). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
20th Century Women
National Theatre Live: Antigone| 20th Century Women | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Mike Mills | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Lucas Jade Zumann, Alia Shawkat, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott, Annette Bening | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
20th Century Women
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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