Meteors vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Meteors). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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MeteorsNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252012
Length1h 47m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorHubert CharuelPolly Findlay
Main castStéphane Rideau, François Perache, Idir Azougli, Paul Kircher, Salif CisséAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Meteors

France's rural wasteland. Mika and Dan have big dreams but little luck. Cornered after another blunder by Dan, they end up working for Tony, their best friend, who's now the king of construction. Mika and Dan need to find a way out of here, a way out of trouble – simply a way out.

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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