National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sermon to the Birds
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Sermon to the Birds). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. 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
Sermon to the Birds| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sermon to the Birds | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Hilal Baydarov |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Huseyn Nasirov, Rana Asgarova, Orkhan Iskandarli |
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…
Sermon to the Birds
Davud and Sura are under siege. They wait for the Hunter. Hunter is omnipresent.
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