Living vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Living). 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 2022). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Living
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Living | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oliver Hermanus | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Alex Sharp, Tom Burke, Adrian Rawlins, Aimee Lou Wood, Bill Nighy | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Living
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.
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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