National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Pretty Miss Lolly

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 1/10 for Pretty Miss Lolly). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 35m. 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 posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Pretty Miss Lolly posterPretty Miss Lolly2025
National Theatre Live: AntigonePretty Miss Lolly
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 1.0/10
Year20122025
Length1h 32m1h 35m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly Findlay–
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerRebecca Stoughton

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…

Pretty Miss Lolly

A lonely and isolated young man suffering from the after-effects of the pandemic, embarks on a nationwide odyssey to find the love of his life, a beautiful and enchanting woman he met on a paid website of a questionable origin.

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