National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Girlfriend Experience
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.1/10 for The Girlfriend Experience). The Girlfriend Experience is the shorter watch at 1h 17m compared with 1h 32m. The Girlfriend Experience is the older of the two (2009 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Girlfriend Experience| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Girlfriend Experience | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 17m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Steven Soderbergh |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Michael Roberts, Mark Jacobson, Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Philip Eytan |
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 Girlfriend Experience
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.
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