For Izzy vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for For Izzy). For Izzy is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

For Izzy posterFor Izzy2018 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
For IzzyNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20182012
Length1h 24m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorAlex ChuPolly Findlay
Main castMichelle Ang, Elizabeth Sung, Liz Femi, Jennifer Soo, Jim LauAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

For Izzy

The lives of a recovering addict and her single mother change forever when they move in next door to a widowed father and his adult daughter with autism.

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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