Hold On vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for Hold On). Hold On is the shorter watch at 22m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hold On posterHold On2016 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Hold OnNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162012
Length22m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorCharlotte Scott-WilsonPolly Findlay
Main castCharlie Dagelet, Roeland Fernhout, Lidewij MahlerAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Hold On

A young cellist has to overcome her fears in order to keep her position in an orchestra.

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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