Ekis vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Ekis). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ekis
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Ekis | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christian Paolo Lat | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Mark Dionisio, Angela Morena, Cheena Dizon, Astrid Lee, Aliya Raymundo | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Ekis
Erik Matti’s classic Ekis gets a bold reboot with an all-girls ensemble led by Angela Morena, Cheena Dizon, and Aliya Raymundo. A crew of female thugs launches a kidnap-for-ransom plot, but when things go wrong, escaping the chaos becomes impossible.
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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