Blessed Heart vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Blessed Heart). Blessed Heart is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Blessed Heart posterBlessed Heart2026 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Blessed HeartNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262012
Length1h 26m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMiguel Ángel PérezPolly Findlay
Main castFrank Rodriguez, Salvador Zerboni, Juan Manuel Azcona, Nora Cervantes, Manjarrez BelindaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Blessed Heart

The true story of the sacred heart, told by Father Arturo Cornejo.

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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