National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sada
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Sada). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 12m. Sada is the older of the two (1998 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Sada| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sada | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Renji Ishibashi, Toshie Negishi, Riki Takeuchi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Hisashi Igawa |
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…
Sada
On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.
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