Desert Lights vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Desert Lights). Desert Lights is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desert Lights
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Desert Lights | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 19m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katherina Harder Sacre | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | – | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Desert Lights
In the Atacama Desert, Antay and his friends struggle to keep their drought-stricken town afloat.
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…
Where to watch
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