Bab'Aziz vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Bab'Aziz). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. Bab'Aziz is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bab'Aziz
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Bab'Aziz | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nacer Khemir | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Golshifteh Farahani, Mohamed Grayaâ, Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Hossein Panahi | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Bab'Aziz
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape.
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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