National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Return Home
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Return Home). Return Home is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. Return Home is the older of the two (1990 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Return Home| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Return Home | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1990 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Ray Argall |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Ben Mendelsohn, Dennis Coard, Frankie J. Holden, Mickey Camilleri, Gypsy Lukewood |
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…
Return Home
A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is struggling to survive financially. They are visited by his brother, a divorced middle-aged man, who has taken a break from his stressful career in a big business corporation.
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