A Traveler's Needs vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for A Traveler's Needs). A Traveler's Needs is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Traveler's Needs
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Traveler's Needs | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Hong Sang-soo | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Kwon Hae-hyo, Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hye-young, Cho Yun-hee, Ha Seong-guk | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Traveler's Needs
Iris, a woman abroad in Seoul, teaches French and English in an idiosyncratic fashion that allows her to pursue her own philosophical and personal interests. Through four encounters over a single day, Iris probes students and strangers for information about poetry, their own histories, and their relationship to their egos.
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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