National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Still Alice
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Still Alice). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Still Alice| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Still Alice | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Seth Gilliam, Shane McRae, Hunter Parrish, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin |
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…
Still Alice
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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