Babel vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Babel). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 23m. Babel is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Babel
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Babel | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Adriana Barraza, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Brad Pitt, Koji Yakusho | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Babel
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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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