National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Silent Roar
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Silent Roar). Silent Roar is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Silent Roar| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Silent Roar | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Johnny Barrington |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Fiona Bell, Tip Cullen, Louis McCartney, Ella Lily Hyland, Mark Lockyer |
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…
Silent Roar
Dondo is a young surfer. His fisherman dad Willy disappeared a year ago. No sign of his boat, nor his body. Dondo’s mother and the community know Willy has not survived a year in the Atlantic. But Dondo thinks differently.
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