Journey of Hope vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Journey of Hope). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Journey of Hope is the older of the two (1990 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Journey of Hope
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Journey of Hope | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Xavier Koller | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Sebastiano Filocamo, Nur Sürer, Yaşar Güner, Yaman Okay, Necmettin Çobanoğlu | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Journey of Hope
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe. Will anyone reach the land of promise?
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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