Maddened by His Absence vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Maddened by His Absence). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maddened by His Absence
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Maddened by His Absence | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Belgium | United Kingdom |
| Director | Sandrine Bonnaire | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | William Hurt, Augustin Legrand, Alexandra Lamy, Jean-François Wolff, Colette Kieffer | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Maddened by His Absence
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start…
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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