Finally Dawn vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Finally Dawn). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Finally Dawn posterFinally Dawn2024 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Finally DawnNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20242012
Length1h 59m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorSaverio CostanzoPolly Findlay
Main castJoe Keery, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Alba Rohrwacher, Lily JamesAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Finally Dawn

A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.

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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