Dao vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for Dao). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 5m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dao
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Dao | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2012 |
| Length | 3h 5m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Alain Gomis | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Samir Guesmi, Thomas Ngijol, Katy Correa, D’Johé Kouadio, Mike Etienne | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Dao
A family weaves the threads of a heritage that travels between worlds. Joy and pain, memory and transmission. A wedding in France, a commemorative ceremony in Guinea-Bissau. Two celebrations, organically intertwined through bodies and time, leading to a rebirth.
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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