Lifelong vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for Lifelong). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lifelong
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Lifelong | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aslı Özge | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Zeynep Dinsel, Gizem Akman, Onur Dikmen, Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Lifelong
Nisantasi is a classy Istanbul residential district. Its inhabitants may be rich and beautiful but they are not necessarily happy. This is the case for 52-year-old architect Can and his wife Ela, an artist who is already past her creative prime. Their daughter Nil has left home to study in Ankara. Left to their own devices, the couple realise that their passion for each other is not what it once was. Nonetheless they both feel secure in the…
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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