National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Silenced
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for Silenced). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 5m. Silenced is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Silenced| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Silenced | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Hwang Dong-hyuk |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Kim Ji-young, Jang Kwang, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Hyeon-soo |
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…
Silenced
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
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