Eid vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for Eid). Eid is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Eid
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Eid | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Yousef Abo Madegem | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ashraf Barhom, Shadi Mar'i, Hisham Suliman, Angham Khalil, Anat Hadid | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Eid
Eid, a young Bedouin from Rahat, spends his nights in Skype calls with Dounia, a married Arab actress living in Paris. Dounia is both his audience and his muse for a play he is writing about his life. When his parents force him to marry a woman he doesn’t know, Eid fears he will not be able to complete his dream. Eid will try to change his fate, determine the ending of his play himself, and tell his story—even if no one is there to listen.
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…
Where to watch
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