Brides vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Brides). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 33m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Brides
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Brides | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Nadia Fall | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Leo Bill, Arthur Darvill, Aziz Çapkurt, Syreeta Kumar, Yusra Warsama | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Brides
Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are heading off on what seems like the trip of a lifetime. Quiet, observant Doe hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee aged three. Muna, sharp and fearless with Pakistani roots, leads them through airport security and into the unknown. But this isn’t a holiday. The girls are bound for Istanbul, planning to cross into Syria to begin a new life they believe holds purpose and meaning. When…
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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