Concussion vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Concussion). 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 2015). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Concussion posterConcussion2015 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
ConcussionNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20152012
Length2h 3m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPeter LandesmanPolly Findlay
Main castStephen Moyer, Hill Harper, Eddie Marsan, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Luke WilsonAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Concussion

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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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