Gülizar vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9/10 for Gülizar). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. Gülizar is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gülizar
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Gülizar | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Cemal Şan | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Şevket Çoruh, Yetkin Dikinciler, Tuba Büyüküstün, Ahmet Saraçoğlu, Gökhan Mete | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Gülizar
Gülizar is a young and beautiful village girl. Against her will, she is betrothed to a young man from her village at her family's request. Her fiancé goes to Istanbul to work in order to earn a dowry. One day, Gülizar's fate suddenly changes with the arrival of a new teacher in the village. Gülizar secretly falls deeply in love with the teacher, İsmail. They eventually decide to marry. However, the teacher's death in an accident shatters…
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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