Comedy of Power vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Comedy of Power). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Comedy of Power is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Comedy of Power
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Comedy of Power | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Claude Chabrol | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Dominique Daguier, Jacques Boudet | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Comedy of Power
Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau, who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the power she is amassing.
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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