El Dorado vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for El Dorado). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. El Dorado is the older of the two (1921 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
El Dorado
National Theatre Live: Antigone| El Dorado | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1921 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Marcel L'Herbier | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat, Claire Prélia | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
El Dorado
In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation…
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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