Carandiru vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Carandiru). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 25m. Carandiru is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Carandiru
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Carandiru | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Héctor Babenco | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Caio Blat, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
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…
Where to watch
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