DNA vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for DNA). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 20m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
DNA
National Theatre Live: Antigone| DNA | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nelson Venkatesan | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Viji Chandrasekhar, Nimisha Sajayan, Ramesh Thilak, Maanasa Chaudhary | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
DNA
A young woman with borderline personality disorder, fights a lonely battle when she believes her newborn baby was swapped with someone else’s minutes after her delivery. Her loving husband, who initially doubts, eventually believes and starts investigating with an experienced cop.
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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