After the Waterfall vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.1/10 for After the Waterfall). After the Waterfall is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. After the Waterfall is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

After the Waterfall posterAfter the Waterfall2010 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
After the WaterfallNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20102012
Length1h 31m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorSimone HorrocksPolly Findlay
Main castAntony Starr, Cohen Holloway, Vicky Haughton, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Sally StockwellAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

After the Waterfall

A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers that his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.

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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