Central Station vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.1/10 for Central Station). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Central Station is the older of the two (1998 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Central Station
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Central Station | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Walter Salles | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Matheus Nachtergaele, Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Othon Bastos | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Central Station
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
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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