Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 10m. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joann Sfar | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis, Răzvan Vasilescu, Laetitia Casta, Yolande Moreau | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
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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