Ixcanul vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Ixcanul). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 33m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2015). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ixcanul
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Ixcanul | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jayro Bustamante | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Marvin Coroy, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Ixcanul
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
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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