Father’s Chair vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Father’s Chair). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 33m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Father’s Chair
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Father’s Chair | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Luciano Moura | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Wagner Moura, Lima Duarte, Luisa Arraes, Edmilson Cordeiro, Gabrielle Lopes | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Father’s Chair
Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has…
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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