House of Sand and Fog vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for House of Sand and Fog). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 6m. House of Sand and Fog is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

House of Sand and Fog2003 VS

National Theatre Live: Antigone2012

	House of Sand and Fog	National Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score	★ 7.1/10	★ 10.0/10
Year	2003	2012
Length	2h 6m	1h 32m
Genres	Drama	Drama
Country	United States of America	United Kingdom
Director	Vadim Perelman	Polly Findlay
Main cast	Frances Fisher, Navi Rawat, Jennifer Connelly, Kim Dickens, Shohreh Aghdashloo	Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

House of Sand and Fog

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they…

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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