Barbara Broadcast vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.8/10 for Barbara Broadcast). Barbara Broadcast is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 32m. Barbara Broadcast is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Barbara Broadcast | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2012 |
| Length | 15m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Tollet | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Olivier Massart, Jean Collette, Thierry Lefevre | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Barbara Broadcast
Two friends telling each other stories find themselves stuck in a room from which they cannot escape. A strange will disease gradually overcomes them and they can't figure out why.
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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