Mass vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Mass). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mass posterMass2021 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
MassNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20212012
Length1h 51m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorFran KranzPolly Findlay
Main castMartha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Breeda WoolAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Mass

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

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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