Elsewhere at Night vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for Elsewhere at Night). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Elsewhere at Night posterElsewhere at Night2025 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Elsewhere at NightNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length–1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMarianne MétivierPolly Findlay
Main castSue Prado, Garance Marillier, Enchong Dee, Camille Rutherford, Victor Andres Trelles TurgeonAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Elsewhere at Night

A scorching summer stretches across the countryside and the city. In a lush landscape, Marie, a sound artist in research, begins to question her relationship. The arrival of Noée, a young traveler, disrupts her routine and that of Yan, a solitary farmer next door. In the city, Eva, newly arrived from the Philippines, walks sleepless nights, caught between homes, while Jeanne, a master's student, contemplates walking away from everything…

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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