Connemara vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for Connemara). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 52m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Connemara
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Connemara | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Alex Lutz | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Bastien Bouillon, Clémentine Célarié, Grégory Montel, Mélanie Thierry, Anne Charrier | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Connemara
Born into a modest family, Hélène left the Vosges a long time ago. Today, a sudden burn-out forces her to leave Paris and return to the place where she grew up. One evening, in the parking lot of a franchised restaurant, she spots Christophe Marchal, the charismatic field hockey prodigy from her high school days. An unexpected love affair begins between these two people, who are now at odds with each other.
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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