Hands That Bind vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9/10 for Hands That Bind). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hands That Bind
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Hands That Bind | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kyle Armstrong | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Paul Sparks, Bruce Dern, Nicholas Campbell, Landon Liboiron, Will Oldham | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Hands That Bind
A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
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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