National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Seven Pounds
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Seven Pounds). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 3m. Seven Pounds is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Seven Pounds| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Seven Pounds | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Gabriele Muccino |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Rosario Dawson, Barry Pepper, Sarah Jane Morris, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich |
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…
Seven Pounds
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
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