Aftershock vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Aftershock). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 15m. Aftershock is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aftershock
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Aftershock | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Feng Xiaogang | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Jerry Lee, Zhang Jingchu, Chen Daoming, Lu Yi, Chen Jin | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Aftershock
The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976. Based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people.
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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