National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Help
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for The Help). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 26m. The Help is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Help| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Help | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 26m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Tate Taylor |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Mike Vogel, Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer |
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 Help
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously…
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