Japino vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.2/10 for Japino). Japino is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Japino
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Japino | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 11m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Freidric Macapagal Cortez | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ali Asistio, Angela Morena, Denise Esteban, Vince Rillon, Lara Morena | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Japino
Two Pinay bar dancers working hard in the land of rising sun. Ayu searches for her father, who is a local; while Aki weighs on getting an abortion. Their lives overlap and intersect with one another, thus affecting their life decisions.
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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