National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Out of Body
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Out of Body). Out of Body is the shorter watch at 26m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Out of Body| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Out of Body | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 26m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Miles Dixon |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jaeden Martell, Kelsey Rose Healey, Gay Haubner, Tomas Fattorusso, Maya Redington |
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…
Out of Body
Over the course of a muggy summer day in New England, two friends meander from place to place, getting high and avoiding the aftermath of a recent family tragedy.
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