My Father's Shadow vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for My Father's Shadow). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 33m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Father's Shadow
National Theatre Live: Antigone| My Father's Shadow | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Akinola Davies Jr. | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Tosin Adeyemi, Patrick Diabuah, Uzoamaka Power, Efon Wini | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
My Father's Shadow
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
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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