National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku). Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku is the shorter watch at 1h 5m compared with 1h 32m. Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku is the older of the two (1988 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku posterSex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku1988
National Theatre Live: AntigoneSex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.2/10
Year20121988
Length1h 32m1h 5m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited KingdomJapan
DirectorPolly FindlayHitoshi Ishikawa
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerEri Kikuchi, Yui Maisaka, Kiriko Shimizu, Takeshi Iguchi, Yutaka Ikejima

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…

Sex dainamaito: Madonna no Shizuku

A depressed private detective who spends his days digging through love hotel trash for his cases meets a free spirited young woman who lives next door.

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