Early Winter vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
Early Winter is the shorter watch at 1h 31m 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.
Early Winter
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Early Winter | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Turkey | – |
| Director | Özcan Alper | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Murat Kılıç, Timuçin Esen, Leyla Tanlar, Nastya Bogdanova, İdil Yener | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Early Winter
Ferhat (49), a factory manager in Istanbul, and Handan (45), a bank manager, decide to have a child through surrogacy with Lia (28), a young artist of Georgian and Ukrainian descent. Shortly after their daughter Ada (1) is born, war breaks out between Russia and Ukraine. As a result, Lia is forced to stay in Istanbul with Ferhat and Handan for a while longer. Believing that surrogacy is the formula that will take her to Europe, Lia does not…
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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