National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Pike River
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Pike River). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 11m. 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
Pike River| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Pike River | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Robert Sarkies |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Melanie Lynskey, Richard Crouchley, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Robyn Malcolm, Erroll Shand |
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…
Pike River
In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.
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