National Theatre Live: Antigone vs No Man's Land
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for No Man's Land). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. No Man's Land is the older of the two (1985 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
No Man's Land| National Theatre Live: Antigone | No Man's Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1985 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Switzerland |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Alain Tanner |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Teco Celio, Jean-Pierre Malo, Michèle Gleizer, Hugues Quester, Jean-Philippe Écoffey |
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…
No Man's Land
Madeleine, who runs a disco on the French-Swiss border, dreams of going to Paris to pursue a singing career. Her lover, Paul, who makes his living smuggling money, gold and goods across the border, plans to emigrate to Canada. Mali, a pretty young Algerian woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his…
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