Meadowlarks vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Meadowlarks). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Meadowlarks
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Meadowlarks | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tasha Hubbard | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Michelle Thrush, Duc Dang, Alex Rice | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Meadowlarks
The film tells the story of four Cree siblings, Connie, Marianne, Gwen, and Anthony, separated as babies through Canada’s notorious Sixties Scoop, which saw indigenous children taken from their homes to be adopted by white families. Excited and curious, but also scared and afraid of rejection, they agree to meet for the first time over a holiday weekend in the mountains of Banff.
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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