National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Patty Is Such a Girly Name
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Patty Is Such a Girly Name). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 53m. 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
Patty Is Such a Girly Name| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Patty Is Such a Girly Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Giorgos Georgopoulos |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Melina Kotselou, Vangelis Mourikis, Mort Klonaraki, Filippa Kaye, Youla Boudali |
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…
Patty Is Such a Girly Name
Daphne, a teenage judo athlete from a remote Greek island, is ready to spread her wings and follow Sensei Yuri to the big city and ultimately to the next Olympic Games. Yuri, for unknown reasons, has been absent from the world of Judo for the last few years and he is looking for a new beginning, while Daphne transitions from the carefreeness of adolescence into the hard world of adults.
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