National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sira
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Sira). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 2m. 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
Sira| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sira | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Apolline Traoré |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Lazare Minoungou, Nafissatou Cissé, Mike Danon, Nathalie Vairac, Ruth Werner |
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…
Sira
After a brutal attack, a young nomad named Sira refuses to surrender to her fate without a fight and instead takes a stand against Islamist terror. A feminist counterpoint to current reporting from the Sahel region.
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