National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Son Dilek

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Son Dilek). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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National Theatre Live: AntigoneSon Dilek
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 8.0/10
Year20122025
Length1h 32m–
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayMelek Ozturk
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerErkan Bektaş, Ümit Acar, Ceyda Ateş, Ebrar Alya Demirbilek, Seda Akman

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…

Son Dilek

After her six-year-old daughter, Cemre, whom she raised alone, contracts a terminal illness, Deniz tries to fulfill her last wishes.

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