National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Queen of Hearts
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Queen of Hearts). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 7m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Queen of Hearts| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Queen of Hearts | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | May el-Toukhy |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Liv Esmår Dannemann, Silja Esmår Dannemann |
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…
Queen of Hearts
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.
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