Hür Köle vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Hür KöleNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20192012
Length–1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMehmet TanriseverPolly Findlay
Main castSoydan Soydaş, Seçil Buket Akıncı, Tarik Tanrisever, Yaşar Alptekin, Engin YükselAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Hür Köle

Mehmet, a married man and father of one child, works as an imam. The young man, who has different ideals, quits his job to pursue his dream of becoming a director. Although Mehmet wants to make a new film, his financial difficulties prevent him from doing so. During this process, Mehmet separates from his wife and, unable to care for his daughter Ayşe, is forced to leave her in a nursery, plunging him into a deep crisis.

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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