National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Swades
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Swades). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 15m. Swades is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Swades| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Swades | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 3h 15m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth, Lekh Tandon |
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…
Swades
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
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