Gates of Heaven vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Gates of Heaven). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gates of Heaven
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Gates of Heaven | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Adis Kayl Yurahmah | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Rukman Rosadi, Susan Sameh, Agla Artalidia, Arya Saloka, Oki Rengga | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Gates of Heaven
Latifah's happy family life is tested when her husband passes away, leaving her to care for their child with ADHD and manage his educational foundation. Her former lover, Arman, helps with the foundation, bringing them closer until he proposes. Now, Latifah must decide whether she can accept becoming a second wife.
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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