Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten). Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Mimmo Calopresti | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Marco Leonardi, Sergio Rubini, Romina Mondello, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten
At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to…
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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