Abraham's Valley vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Abraham's Valley). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 24m. Abraham's Valley is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Abraham's Valley
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Abraham's Valley | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 2012 |
| Length | 3h 24m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Manoel de Oliveira | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Beatriz Batarda, Laura Soveral, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Luís Miguel Cintra | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Abraham's Valley
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.
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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