Face to Face vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Face to Face). Face to Face is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 32m. Face to Face is the older of the two (1999 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Face to Face
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Face to Face | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marius Th. Barna | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Maia Morgenstern, Șerban Pavlu, Şerban Ionescu | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Face to Face
A protest writer, the glory of dissidence, learns that her husband was a Securitate informer for 20 years. Press and TV make the story the headline of the day. In 24 hellish hours, the couple re-evaluate their lives to decide how and if they can go on.
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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