Champion vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Champion). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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ChampionNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20172012
Length1h 56m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorJudd BrannonPolly Findlay
Main castRobert Amaya, Cameron Arnett, Gary Graham, Andrew Cheney, Isaiah StrattonAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Champion

In the supercharged world of dirt track racing, a single mistake causes the lives of two men to change forever. One must fight for his family, the other must fight to forgive.

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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