National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Paradise Hotel
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 2.5/10 for Paradise Hotel). Paradise Hotel is the shorter watch at 17m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Paradise Hotel| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Paradise Hotel | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 2.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 17m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Peru |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Gabriel Páucar Vásquez |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Priya Darsham Acosta, Giannantonio Martinez, Piero Arce Alvarez, Percy Williams, Ricardo Javier Mejía |
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…
Paradise Hotel
Pierr is a young gay dress maker who lives with his younger brother in a gay porn cinema. He works in a small textile factory in order to save up some money and move to another place. After being fired because of a series of rumors about his sexuality, Pierr turns to Omar, an older man that makes a living out of prostitution, who introduces him to a community that has isolated from Peruvian society willing to find protection from its prejudices.
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