First Love vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for First Love). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
First Love
National Theatre Live: Antigone| First Love | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hong Su-dong | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Shin Eun-kyung, Yoon Hee-seok, Dowoo, Jin Hye-Kyung, Sung Hyun | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
First Love
Seventeen-year-old adolescence Woo Min is on his own and lives with Soo Jeong who used to be his parents' caregiver. Woo Min secretly grows fond of Soo Jeong who can't speak but finds out she's sick and feels the urge to protect her... However, as a poor minor, there's nothing he can do let alone pay her medical bills. One hot season, Woo Min sets off for a cruel world to save her.
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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