Cassandre vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Cassandre). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cassandre
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Cassandre | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | – | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hélène Merlin | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gouix, Billie Blain, Eric Ruf, Agathe Rousselle | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Cassandre
Summer 1998. Countryside. Cassandre is 14. Her parents and older brother notice that her body has changed.
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
Where to watch CassandreWhere to watch National Theatre Live: Antigone
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