National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Reign Over Me
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Reign Over Me). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 4m. Reign Over Me is the older of the two (2007 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Reign Over Me| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Reign Over Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Mike Binder |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Liv Tyler, Jonathan Banks, Don Cheadle, Donald Sutherland, Paula Newsome |
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…
Reign Over Me
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
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