National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Road to Life
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Road to Life). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. Road to Life is the older of the two (1955 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Road to Life| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Road to Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1955 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Aleksey Maslyukov, Mechislava Mayevskaya |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgiy Yumatov, Yuriy Sarantsev, Yulian Panich, Rolan Bykov |
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…
Road to Life
In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern themselves.
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