Internal Zero vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Internal ZeroNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length1h 40m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorEugen JebeleanuPolly Findlay
Main castKatia Pascariu, Alexandru Potocean, Ada Galeș, Cristina Draghici, Cendana TrifanAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Internal Zero

Cristina, a mid 30s secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her. She is also a character in a novel that a theatre director is turning into a feature. As the actors start setting into the story, their individual backgrounds, social…

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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