National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Pieces of a Woman
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Pieces of a Woman). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 7m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Pieces of a Woman| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Pieces of a Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Kornél Mundruczó |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Ellen Burstyn, Shia LaBeouf, Vanessa Kirby |
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…
Pieces of a Woman
When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
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