Be with Me vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.2/10 for Be with Me). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 10m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Be with Me
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Be with Me | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Huang Wen-ying | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Duan Chun-hao, Ethan Juan, Vic Chou, Ariel Lin, Tang Mei-yun | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Be with Me
This is a story of reminiscence, remembering my long-deceased Grandpa. To remember is to transcend, therefore it’s a story of time and space, overlapped and intertwined. It’s also a quest of love and work, a spiritual and emotional journey; and through which values are re-examined and life reaffirmed.
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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