Biutiful vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Biutiful). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 28m. Biutiful is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Biutiful
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Biutiful | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 28m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Mexico | – |
| Director | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Javier Bardem, Eduard Fernández, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Biutiful
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
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…
Where to watch
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