National Theatre Live: Antigone vs National Theatre Live: The Other Place
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for National Theatre Live: The Other Place). National Theatre Live: The Other Place is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: The Other Place| National Theatre Live: Antigone | National Theatre Live: The Other Place | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Alexander Zeldin |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Tobias Menzies, Nina Sosanya, Lee Braithwaite, Alison Oliver, Emma D'Arcy |
Synopsis
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…
National Theatre Live: The Other Place
Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one sister's sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries. Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greed battle it out in the family's competing dreams of their future. When we are faced with the suffering of others…
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