Love Is Strange vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Love Is Strange). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Is Strange
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Love Is Strange | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ira Sachs | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | John Lithgow, Harriet Sansom Harris, Charlie Tahan, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Love Is Strange
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
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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