National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Same Kind of Different as Me
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Same Kind of Different as Me). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Same Kind of Different as Me| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Same Kind of Different as Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Michael Carney |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jon Voight, Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, Lara Grice |
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…
Same Kind of Different as Me
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
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