Dragon Dilatation vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
Dragon Dilatation and National Theatre Live: Antigone are tied on audience score (10/10). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 54m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dragon Dilatation
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Dragon Dilatation | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Bertrand Mandico | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nathalie Richard, Claire Duburcq, Elina Löwensohn, Sandra Parfait, Camille Rutherford | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Dragon Dilatation
Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky’s ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Amandiers.
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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