National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Seagulls
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 2/10 for Seagulls). Seagulls is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Seagulls| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Seagulls | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 2.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 20m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Zeno Graton |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Damien Chapelle, Judith Williquet |
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…
Seagulls
Judith and Damien are young actors. They are in love. To truly exist together, outside of their set, of their fictional world, they will have to leave the frame and cut the sound.
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