Lola and the Sea vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Lola and the Sea). Lola and the Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lola and the Sea
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Lola and the Sea | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Laurent Micheli | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Benoît Magimel, Sami Outalbali, Robbie Cleiren, Anne-Marie Loop, Denis Mpunga | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Lola and the Sea
Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are permanently in conflict and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. They realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting...
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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