House of Pleasures vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for House of Pleasures). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 6m. House of Pleasures is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
House of Pleasures
National Theatre Live: Antigone| House of Pleasures | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 6m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Bertrand Bonello | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Jasmine Trinca, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Esther Garrel, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
House of Pleasures
The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.
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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