A Heavy Heart vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for A Heavy Heart). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Heavy Heart
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Heavy Heart | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Thomas Stuber | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Peter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Edin Hasanović, Lena Lauzemis, Reiner Schöne | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Heavy Heart
A former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
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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