Jackie vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Jackie). 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 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Jackie posterJackie2016 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
JackieNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162012
Length1h 40m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPablo LarraínPolly Findlay
Main castJohn Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard E. Grant, Natalie Portman, Max CasellaAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Jackie

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

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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