National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Good Lie
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for The Good Lie). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Good Lie| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Good Lie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Philippe Falardeau |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Corey Stoll, Reese Witherspoon, Joshua Mikel, Thad Luckinbill, Maria Howell |
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 Good Lie
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
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