National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Poetry
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Poetry). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. Poetry is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Poetry| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Poetry | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Lee Chang-dong |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | David Lee, Park Myung-shin, Jang Hye-jin, Yoon Jeong-hee, Kim Hee-ra |
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…
Poetry
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
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