Bad Living vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.8/10 for Bad Living). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 8m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bad Living
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Bad Living | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Portugal | – |
| Director | João Canijo | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Beatriz Batarda, Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Nuno Lopes, Leonor Vasconcelos | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Bad Living
In a family-run hotel near the northern coast of Portugal, several women from the same family, spanning different generations, live together. Their relationship, poisoned by bitterness, struggles to survive in the decaying hotel. The unexpected arrival of a granddaughter in this claustrophobic space provokes turmoil and rekindles latent hatreds and accumulated resentments.
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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