Graduation vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Graduation). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 8m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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GraduationNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162012
Length2h 8m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryRomania–
DirectorCristian MungiuPolly Findlay
Main castLiliana Mocanu, Vlad Ivanov, Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia BugnarAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Graduation

After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.

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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