A Safe Place vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for A Safe Place). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Safe Place posterA Safe Place2026 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
A Safe PlaceNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262012
Length1h 43m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryRomania–
DirectorCecilia ȘtefănescuPolly Findlay
Main castEmil Măndănac, Marina Palii, Virgil Aioanei, Bianca Cuculici, Rolando MatsangosAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

A Safe Place

Lucia has everything a woman could want. A loving husband and son. The opportunity to devote herself entirely to her family. A lifelong friendship with Cristina, which began during their university days. Yet, amid the intoxicating idyllic summer holiday, Lucia can feel nothing but longing for the person she once was. Lucia and Cristina, accompanied by their husbands, spend the summer in a small beach village whose charm has faded over time…

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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