Boulevard vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Boulevard). Boulevard is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boulevard
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Boulevard | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Dito Montiel | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Bob Odenkirk, Kathy Baker, Robin Williams, Henry Haggard, Brandon Hirsch | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Boulevard
Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.
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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