National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Of Love and Shadows
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for Of Love and Shadows). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. Of Love and Shadows is the older of the two (1994 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Of Love and Shadows| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Of Love and Shadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Betty Kaplan |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jennifer Connelly, Antonio Banderas, Stefania Sandrelli, Diego Wallraff, Camilo Gallardo |
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…
Of Love and Shadows
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
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