Before Night Falls vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Before Night Falls). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 14m. Before Night Falls is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Before Night Falls
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Before Night Falls | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 14m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Julian Schnabel | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Najwa Nimri, John Ortiz, Diego Luna, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Before Night Falls
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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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