National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Saving Art
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.7/10 for Saving Art). Saving Art is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Saving Art| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Saving Art | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 15m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Remi R.M. Moses |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Alex Walton, Michael Salami, Pierre-Laurent Vawah, Niamh Lewis, Oxa Hazel |
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…
Saving Art
Instead of telling a newly diagnosed 5-year-old son that he has Leukaemia; Brian tells Arthur that the chemotherapy will give him superpowers. In a battle to keep them both positive, Brian is haunted by his lie as he struggles to find hope
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