Behind the Clouds vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.6/10 for Behind the Clouds). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 48m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Behind the Clouds
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Behind the Clouds | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cecilia Verheyden | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Karel Vingerhoets, Katelijne Verbeke, Charlotte De Bruyne, Chris Lomme, Jo De Meyere | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Behind the Clouds
Two people meet again after more than 50 years. They were lovers once, but their lives took different turns: she married his best friend. Fifty years later, they meet again and passion flares up. But is it possible to pick up the thread of a life that unraveled fifty years ago? The story of a wonderful last love affair, which is relived with the intensity of a first.
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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