A Little Prayer vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.5/10 for A Little Prayer). A Little Prayer is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Little Prayer
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Little Prayer | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Angus MacLachlan | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Dascha Polanco, Anna Camp, David Strathairn, Celia Weston, Steve Coulter | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Little Prayer
A loving father grapples with how to protect his daughter-in-law when he discovers that his son is having an affair in a sensitive and searching portrait of a Southern family.
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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