Loro vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Loro). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 37m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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LoroNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20182012
Length2h 37m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPaolo SorrentinoPolly Findlay
Main castYann Gael, Kasia Smutniak, Riccardo Scamarcio, Anna Bonaiuto, Toni ServilloAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Loro

Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.

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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