Conception vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.8/10 for Conception). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. Conception is the older of the two (2005 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Conception
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Conception | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | José Eduardo Belmonte | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Matheus Nachtergaele, Milhem Cortaz, Rosanne Mulholland, Juliano Cazarré, Gabrielle Lopes | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Conception
A group of bored well-off young adults come up with anarchic concept of Conceptionism, that promotes absolute looseness when it comes to sex and drugs, but total rejection of money and ego. However, their movement won't last long.
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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