Fortuna vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Fortuna). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 46m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fortuna
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Fortuna | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Germinal Roaux | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Bruno Ganz, Patrick d'Assumçao, Yoann Blanc, Antonin Schopfer, Kidist Siyum | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Fortuna
Fortuna, a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl, has had no news of her parents since they crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Together with other refugees, she is given shelter for the winter in a Swiss catholic monastery. While she waits for her fate to be decided by the Swiss authorities, Fortuna finds out she is pregnant. The choice she will have to make and the arrival of the refugees will give rise to concern within the religious community and will…
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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