I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You). I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You is the shorter watch at 1h 15m compared with 1h 32m. I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You2010
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National Theatre Live: Antigone2012
| I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 15m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Irandhir Santos | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.
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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