Bleed for This vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Bleed for This). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bleed for This posterBleed for This2016 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Bleed for ThisNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162012
Length1h 56m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorBen YoungerPolly Findlay
Main castKatey Sagal, Aaron Eckhart, Christine Evangelista, Ciarán Hinds, Miles TellerAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Bleed for This

The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.

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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