National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Outer Edge
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 3.8/10 for Outer Edge). Outer Edge is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Outer Edge| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Outer Edge | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 3.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Ewerton Belico, Samuel Marotta |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Bárbara Colen, Renan Rovida, Alexandre De Sena, Cris Moreira, Marcelo Souza e Silva |
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…
Outer Edge
Fragments of an endless night, Robert and Teresa meet and get to know each other, and get separate by the force of oppression and the threat of death and disappearance that continually creeps in.
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