National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Parallel Mothers
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Parallel Mothers). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 3m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Parallel Mothers| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Parallel Mothers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Spain |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Milena Smit, Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Adelfa Calvo |
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…
Parallel Mothers
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
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