Blue Heron vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for Blue Heron). Blue Heron is the shorter watch at 1h 31m 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.
Blue Heron
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Blue Heron | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sophy Romvari | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ádám Tompa, Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Edik Beddoes, Amy Zimmer | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Blue Heron
In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family's oldest child.
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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