National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Night #1

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for Night #1). Night #1 is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. Night #1 is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Night #1 posterNight #12011
National Theatre Live: AntigoneNight #1
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.6/10
Year20122011
Length1h 32m1h 29m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayAnne Émond
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerDimitri Storoge, Catherine de Léan, Véronique Rebizov, Raphaël Boulanger, Mika Pluviose

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…

Night #1

It starts as a one night stand that evolves in a long discussion with infinite subjects between a québécoise and an immigrant.

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