National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Skirt Day
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Skirt Day). Skirt Day is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 32m. Skirt Day is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Skirt Day| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Skirt Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Isabelle Adjani, Yann Collette, Denis Podalydès, Jackie Berroyer, Nathalie Besançon |
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…
Skirt Day
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
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