Metello vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Metello). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. Metello is the older of the two (1970 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Metello
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Metello | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1970 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mauro Bolognini | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Mariano Rigillo, Luigi Diberti, Ottavia Piccolo, Pino Colizzi, Massimo Ranieri | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Metello
The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
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…
Where to watch
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