Anuja vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Anuja). Anuja is the shorter watch at 23m 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.

Anuja posterAnuja2024 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
AnujaNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20242012
Length23m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorAdam J. GravesPolly Findlay
Main castSajda Pathan, Ananya Shanbhag, Nagesh Bhonsle, Gulshan Walia, Sushil ParwanaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Anuja

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.

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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