National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sunset Sunrise
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Sunset Sunrise). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. 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
Sunset Sunrise| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sunset Sunrise | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 19m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Yoshiyuki Kishi |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Fumiyo Kohinata, Masaki Suda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masatoshi Nakamura, Mizuki Kayashima |
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…
Sunset Sunrise
In 2020, the world is forced into lockdown by the COVID pandemic. As remote work is popularized in order to keep the infection rate under control, a young man employed by a company in Tokyo moves to a country town on the Sanriku Coast in Miyagi Prefecture, where he could enjoy fishing, in search of a new lifestyle. But gradually, we found that there were problems such as "empty houses" in the local area.
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