National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Redemption Road
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Redemption Road). Redemption Road is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. Redemption Road is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Redemption Road| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Redemption Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Mario Van Peebles |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Taryn Manning, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kiele Sanchez, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Tom Skerritt |
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…
Redemption Road
In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his recently deceased grandfather's estate. A drama focused on an individual's spiritual redemption.
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