National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sleepless City
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Sleepless City). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 37m. 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
Sleepless City| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sleepless City | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Guillermo Galoe |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Antonio Fernández Gabarre, Bilal Sedraoui, Jesús Fernández Silva, Felisa Romero Molina, Pura Salazar |
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…
Sleepless City
La Cañada Real, on the outskirts of Madrid, is one of the largest illegal shanty towns in Europe. Tonino, a 15-year-old Roma boy, has always lived here with his family. With his best friend Bilal, they film the world around them using a mobile phone, inspired by the gypsy legends he hears at home. But everything falls apart when a notice of imminent eviction arrives at his home and he discovers that his best friend is leaving La Cañada for…
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