Duan pan zi de gu niang vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
Duan pan zi de gu niang is the older of the two (1981 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Duan pan zi de gu niang
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Duan pan zi de gu niang | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1981 | 2012 |
| Length | – | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Ma Jingwu | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ma Jing, Guo Jing, Yang Xiaodan, Yuan Munu, Xiaogang Lü | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Duan pan zi de gu niang
Little Fanzi, a waitress in a restaurant, is a girl who is not at ease with her job and is full of fantasies. She fantasizes that one day she will be able to take off her "unprofitable waitress uniform" and become a singer and a medical worker.However, reality shatters her fantasy again and again, and Fanzi becomes depressed, hating her job even more and venting her frustration on the customers. Zhang Zhi, a university student who grew up as a…
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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