8 Seconds vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.1/10 for 8 Seconds). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2015). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
8 Seconds
National Theatre Live: Antigone| 8 Seconds | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Ömer Faruk Sorak | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Mehmet Kurtuluş, Axel Stein, Fahri Yardım, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Salih Kalyon | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
8 Seconds
Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?
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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