National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Ossos
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Ossos). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 37m. Ossos is the older of the two (1997 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Ossos| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Ossos | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Pedro Costa |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Anna Carvalho, Isabel Ruth, Mariya Lipkina, Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz |
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…
Ossos
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
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