Brumal vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Brumal). Brumal is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 32m. Brumal is the older of the two (1988 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Brumal posterBrumal1988 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
BrumalNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year19882012
Length1h 25m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorCristina AndreuPolly Findlay
Main castJose Coronado, Kiti Mánver, Manuel de Blas, Lucia Bosè, Paola DominguínAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Brumal

Adriana and her mother left Brumal, a strange and remote village, and moved to the city while still a child. Once Adriana's mother dies, she's marked by memories and intense nostalgia for her hometown, and returns to Brumal.

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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