Lion vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Lion). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lion
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Lion | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Garth Davis | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, Dev Patel | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Lion
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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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