National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Never Rarely Sometimes Always
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Never Rarely Sometimes Always). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 41m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Never Rarely Sometimes Always| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Eliza Hittman |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Ryan Eggold, Brian Altemus, Théodore Pellerin, Mia Dillon, Sidney Flanigan |
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…
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
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