Chaperone vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Chaperone). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Chaperone posterChaperone2025 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
ChaperoneNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length1h 42m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorZoe EisenbergPolly Findlay
Main castKrista Alvarez, Jessica Jade Andres, Ioane Goodhue, Mitzi Akaha, Laird AkeoAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Chaperone

Set in rural Hawai’i and featuring an entirely AANHPI cast, Chaperone follows Misha, an unambitious 29-year-old woman who finds a dangerous acceptance in a bright 18-year-old athlete who mistakes her for a fellow high school student.

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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