Hunger vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Hunger). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 25m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hunger posterHunger2023 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
HungerNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20232012
Length2h 25m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorSitisiri MongkolsiriPolly Findlay
Main castChutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Nopachai Jayanama, Gunn Svasti, Bhumibhat Thavornsiri, Varit HongsanandaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Hunger

A talented young street-food cook pushes herself to the limit after accepting an invitation to train under an infamous and ruthless chef.

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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