National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Summer
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Summer). Summer is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 32m. Summer is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Summer| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Kenneth Glenaan |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Robert Carlyle, Kate Dickie, Rachael Blake, George Costigan, Seamus O'Neill |
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…
Summer
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to confront his past.
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