Girl, Interrupted vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Girl, Interrupted). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 7m. Girl, Interrupted is the older of the two (1999 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Girl, Interrupted
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Girl, Interrupted | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | James Mangold | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Elisabeth Moss, Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave, Jeffrey Tambor | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Girl, Interrupted
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality…
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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