La Gradiva vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 25m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La Gradiva
National Theatre Live: Antigone| La Gradiva | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marine Atlan | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Antonia Buresi, Colas Quignard, Mitia Capellier-Audat, Suzanne Gerin, Hadya Fofana | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
La Gradiva
A small group of French high school students goes on a school trip to Pompeii to discover its ruins and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is in this ghost town that they are suddenly overcome by a dizzying sensation. One after another, James, Toni, Suzanne, and their Latin teacher, Mme Mercier, allow themselves to be engulfed by desire, anger, and despair—until they surrender to it completely and lose everything.
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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