Morvern Callar vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Morvern Callar). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 37m. Morvern Callar is the older of the two (2002 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Morvern Callar
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Morvern Callar | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lynne Ramsay | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Samantha Morton, Paul Popplewell, Bryan Dick, Kathleen McDermott, Raife Patrick Burchell | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Morvern Callar
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.
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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