322 vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for 322). 322 is the older of the two (1970 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
322
National Theatre Live: Antigone| 322 | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1970 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Czechoslovakia | – |
| Director | Dušan Hanák | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Václav Lohniský, Lucyna Winnicka, Josef Abrhám, Miroslav Macháček, František Zvarík | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
322
A story of a man threatened by a fatal illness evaluating his life (the number 322 in the film title stands for the diagnosis of one kind of cancer). He understands his illness as a form of punishment for his cruel deeds in the 1950s. In the face of reality and his efforts to cleanse himself he hits a barrier of indifference, lack of interest, and individual and collective selfishness. He has to find his own reconciliation with his illness and…
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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