Faustina vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.1/10 for Faustina). Faustina is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 32m. Faustina is the older of the two (1995 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Faustina posterFaustina1995 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
FaustinaNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year19952012
Length1h 13m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorJerzy ŁukaszewiczPolly Findlay
Main castDorota Segda, Mirosława Dubrawska, Krzysztof Wakuliński, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Zofia RysiównaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Faustina

Faustina is a 1995 Polish film directed by Jerzy Łukaszewicz about Blessed Sister Faustina Kowalska, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000. It is the first feature film of its kind in Poland, and far from the path of modern cinema.

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

Where to watch FaustinaWhere to watch National Theatre Live: Antigone

More like Faustina · More like National Theatre Live: Antigone · Compare other titles