Like Father, Like Son vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Like Father, Like Son). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Like Father, Like Son
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Like Father, Like Son | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Pierre Taki, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Like Father, Like Son
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
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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