National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Out of Love

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Out of Love). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. 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 posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Out of Love posterOut of Love2025
National Theatre Live: AntigoneOut of Love
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.9/10
Year20122025
Length1h 32m1h 51m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorPolly FindlayNathan Ambrosioni
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerCamille Cottin, Féodor Atkine, Monia Chokri, Myriem Akheddiou, Guillaume Gouix

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 Love

When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected responsibilities, she must balance the fragile task of earning the children’s trust while also tending to her own relationship with her girlfriend, who struggles to adjust to Jeanne’s new role. As grief, uncertainty, and shifting…

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