8 vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for 8). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 10m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
8
National Theatre Live: Antigone| 8 | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Julio Medem | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Álvaro Morte, Javier Morgade, Tamar Novas, Javier Rey, Ana Rujas | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
8
Octavio and Adela were born on the same day, April 14th, 1931. During the following 8 decades, their lives will intertwine through intense encounters and misunderstandings in 8 episodes. A passionate love story between a brave and fighting woman and a man confronted with his contradictions. They will have to face coming from families on opposing sides of a country slowly heading towards a Civil War, along with the history of Spain and Europe as…
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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