Brain on Fire vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Brain on Fire). Brain on Fire is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Brain on Fire
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Brain on Fire | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gerard Barrett | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Navid Negahban, Richard Armitage, Carrie-Anne Moss, Agam Darshi, Ken Tremblett | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
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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