I’m Going Home vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for I’m Going Home). I’m Going Home is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. I’m Going Home is the older of the two (2001 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
I’m Going Home
National Theatre Live: Antigone| I’m Going Home | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Manoel de Oliveira | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Sylvie Testud, Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
I’m Going Home
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses…
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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