Jean Gentil vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Jean Gentil). Jean Gentil is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 32m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Jean Gentil
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Jean Gentil | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Dominican Republic | – |
| Director | Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Jean Remy Genty, Yanmarco King Encarnación, Paul Henri Presumé, Nadal Walcott, Lys Ambroise | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Jean Gentil
Jean Remy is a Haitian man struggling to find employment in Dominican Republic. Confronted with rejection and discrimination in the city, he sets off to try his luck in the countryside. Imbued with a naturalistic grace, this deeply sympathetic portrait speaks eloquently to the trials of humanity.
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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