Brava vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for Brava). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BravaNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20172012
Length–1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorRoser AguilarPolly Findlay
Main castBruno Todeschini, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Francesc Orella, Mikel Iglesias, Bianca KovacsAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Brava

Janine works in a bank giving credits to clients to buy houses and receives the offer of a promotion to work in a future branch in China for which she takes Mandarin classes. One night he travels from work to his home on the subway. There is attacked by two young delinquents a very old woman and Janine tries to avoid it. The young follow her and it is then that they steal and attack her sexually. After recovering from the blows and the anguish…

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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