Munyurangabo vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Munyurangabo). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 37m. Munyurangabo is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Munyurangabo posterMunyurangabo2008 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
MunyurangaboNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20082012
Length1h 37m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorLee Isaac ChungPolly Findlay
Main castJeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka, Jean Pierre Harerimana, Edouard B. UwayoAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Munyurangabo

An orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.

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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