National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Death of a Lumberjack
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for The Death of a Lumberjack). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. The Death of a Lumberjack is the older of the two (1973 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Death of a Lumberjack| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Death of a Lumberjack | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1973 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Gilles Carle |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Daniel Pilon, Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Pauline Julien, Marcel Sabourin |
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 Death of a Lumberjack
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that…
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