BPM (Beats per Minute) vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for BPM (Beats per Minute)). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 23m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| BPM (Beats per Minute) | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 23m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robin Campillo | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Adèle Haenel, Simon Guélat, Aloïse Sauvage, Arnaud Valois | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
BPM (Beats per Minute)
Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.
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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