A Runner vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9/10 for A Runner). A Runner is the shorter watch at 14m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2022). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Runner
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Runner | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2012 |
| Length | 14m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | US | – |
| Director | TJ O'Grady-Peyton | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | – | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Runner
Every night, Fionn, a troubled teenager, evades questions of worth, as well as the dangerous atmosphere of his broken home, by going on gruelling night-time runs. Fionn routinely runs along the concrete path of his local beach. Running is his therapy.
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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