National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Pieces of Me

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for Pieces of Me). Pieces of Me is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Pieces of Me posterPieces of Me2013
National Theatre Live: AntigonePieces of Me
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.2/10
Year20122013
Length1h 32m1h 30m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayNolwenn Lemesle
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerTchéky Karyo, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégory Gatignol, Pierre Lottin, Bruno Lochet

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 Me

A crazy father old before his time, a tyrannical, sick mother, a sister who disappeared four years ago and me, Erell, who films everything, all the time... A fine family portrait. I live in the same town I've always lived in. You're born here, you die here. And between the two, there's nothing to do except hang out with my buddies, Gabin, Javier and The Major. One night, my sister Sarah reappears. The pieces of me are put together again.

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