Live and Become vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Live and Become). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 20m. Live and Become is the older of the two (2005 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Live and Become
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Live and Become | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Radu Mihăileanu | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Roschdy Zem, Shmil Ben Ari, Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai, Sirak M. Sabahat | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Live and Become
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
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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