Bad Actor vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Bad Actor). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 9m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bad Actor posterBad Actor2024 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Bad ActorNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20242012
Length2h 9m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorJorge CuchíPolly Findlay
Main castFiona Palomo, Erick Israel Consuelo, Alfonso Dosal, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Gerardo TrejolunaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Bad Actor

During the filming of a movie, actress Sandra Navarro denounces actor Daniel Zavala for sexual abuse on the set during the recording of a scene for the movie. Daniel pleads his innocence and the production tries to prevent the situation from leaking off the set and causing a scandal.

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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