Causeway vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Causeway). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2022). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Causeway posterCauseway2022 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
CausewayNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20222012
Length1h 36m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryFinland–
DirectorLila NeugebauerPolly Findlay
Main castNeal Huff, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jennifer LawrenceAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Causeway

A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.

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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