Between Borders vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for Between Borders). Between Borders is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Between Borders
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Between Borders | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mark Freiburger | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ana Ularu, Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Tabish, Patrick Sabongui, Gabriel Spahiu | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Between Borders
In a crumbling Soviet Union, the Petrosyan family finds themselves as outcasts—wherever they go. Their Armenian heritage marks them for discrimination, first in their home country of Azerbaijan and then in Russia. After finding their eternal hope through a church planted by American missionaries, the hostility of everyday life pushes them to seek refuge in the United States. In the shadow of exile, hope became their home. Based on a riveting…
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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