Diary of a Woman vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

Diary of a Woman is the shorter watch at 1h 29m 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.

Diary of a Woman posterDiary of a Woman2025 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Diary of a WomanNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length1h 29m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorSimon AebyPolly Findlay
Main castJürg Plüss, Marcel Schneider, Florence Matousek, Olga DinnikovaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Diary of a Woman

Diary of a Woman follows Alex Darkley, a middle-aged teacher, who’s descent into suicidal insanity is triggered by his early childhood and facing refusal and bigotry when living out his sexual ambiguity.

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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