Lemongrass Girl vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Lemongrass Girl). Lemongrass Girl is the shorter watch at 17m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lemongrass Girl
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Lemongrass Girl | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2012 |
| Length | 17m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Thailand | United Kingdom |
| Director | Pom Bunsermvicha | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Primrin Puarat, Tanwarat Sombatwattana, Buay Booranateerakit, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Lemongrass Girl
According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. This belief remains prevalent to this day. As clouds begin to gather, Piano, the young production manager on a film set, is tasked to carry out this tradition. As her fellow female co-workers shy away from the duty, Piano is left with no choice but to take on the burden of becoming the lemongrass girl.
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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