National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Great Beauty
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Beauty). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 22m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Great Beauty| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Great Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Luca Marinelli, Carlo Verdone, Vernon Dobtcheff, Galatea Ranzi, Toni Servillo |
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 Great Beauty
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
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