Desert Flower vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Desert Flower). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . Desert Flower is the older of the two (2009 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desert Flower
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Desert Flower | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sherry Hormann | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Meera Syal | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Desert Flower
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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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