Capernaum vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for Capernaum). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 6m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Capernaum
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Capernaum | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 6m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nadine Labaki | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Capernaum
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
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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