Death of a Comedian vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Death of a Comedian). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Death of a Comedian
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Death of a Comedian | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | – | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Argentina | – |
| Director | Diego Peretti, Javier Beltramino | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Malena Villa, Diego Peretti, Heinz K. Krattiger, Marioska Fabián Nuñez, Chuck Hargrove | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Death of a Comedian
Actor Juan Debré has spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, he embarks on a surreal journey to Belgium, birthplace of his childhood comic book idol, in search of meaning and perhaps redemption.
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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