Banzo vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Banzo). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 7m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Banzo
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Banzo | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Margarida Cardoso | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Beatriz Batarda, Carloto Cotta, Albano Jerónimo, Gonçalo Waddington, Hoji Fortuna | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Banzo
1907. Afonso, a doctor, arrives at Principe Island to cure servants from a cocoa plantation “infected” with Banzo, nostalgia of the slaves, who are dying from starvation and suicide. The group is confined to the forest, where Afonso decides to heal them by trying to understand what is affecting their soul. Will he manage to save them?
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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