Mia Madre vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Mia Madre). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 46m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2015). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mia Madre
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Mia Madre | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Nanni Moretti | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | John Turturro, Stefano Abbati, Davide Iacopini, Margherita Buy, Anna Bellato | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Mia Madre
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
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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