Detachment vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Detachment). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Detachment is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detachment
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Detachment | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tony Kaye | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Detachment
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
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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