Gece vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for Gece). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Gece posterGece2014 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
GeceNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 4.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142012
Length1h 42m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryTurkey–
DirectorErden KıralPolly Findlay
Main castNurgül Yeşilçay, Mert Fırat, Vildan Atasever, İlyas Salman, Ayça DamgacıAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Gece

A family forcibly displaced from their village struggles to stay together when Süsen, the daughter of an already broken home, defies her kin to marry her childhood love Yusuf. As her father and brother abandon the family and marriage fails to bring the dreamed-of salvation, Süsen and Yusuf must confront mounting responsibilities and learn to adapt, or risk losing each other entirely.

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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