National Theatre Live: Antigone vs O Fantasma
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for O Fantasma). O Fantasma is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. O Fantasma is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
O Fantasma| National Theatre Live: Antigone | O Fantasma | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Portugal |
| Director | Polly Findlay | João Pedro Rodrigues |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, André Barbosa, Eurico Vieira, Joaquim Oliveira |
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…
O Fantasma
Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies, and he becomes obsessed with the stranger until loneliness and unfulfilled desire propel him finally into a dark and dangerous animalistic state.
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