Christine vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Christine). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 3m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Christine posterChristine2016 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
ChristineNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162012
Length2h 3m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorAntonio CamposPolly Findlay
Main castMichael C. Hall, Timothy Simons, J. Smith-Cameron, Maria Dizzia, Morgan SpectorAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Christine

In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.

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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