National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Renoir
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Renoir). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . 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
Renoir| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Renoir | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Chie Hayakawa |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Yuumi Kawai, Lily Franky, Ayumu Nakajima, Ryota Bando, Yui Suzuki |
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…
Renoir
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
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