National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Bench
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Bench). The Bench is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. The Bench is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Bench| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Bench | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Per Fly |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Sarah Boberg, Jens Albinus, Anette Støvelbæk, Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus |
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…
The Bench
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His…
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