National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Poovu
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Poovu). Poovu is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Poovu| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Poovu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 21m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Anish Babu Abbas, Binoy George |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | K.P.A.C Leela, Manjulan, Meenakshi Anoop, Shanthi Rao, Sruthi Vipin |
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…
Poovu
Travelling with four women who influenced him most in life - mother, wife, daughter and the first lover is fifty year old Jeevan. And time and seasons and places entwine hands with Jeevan on this journey. Just as he had desired.
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