National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Not a Word
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Not a Word). Not a Word is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Not a Word| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Not a Word | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Hanna Antonina Wojcik-Slak |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Maren Eggert, Jona Levin Nicolai, Maryam Zaree, Juliane Siebecke, Marko Mandić |
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…
Not a Word
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
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