National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva). The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva is the shorter watch at 30m compared with 1h 32m. The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva is the older of the two (1972 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva posterThe Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva1972
National Theatre Live: AntigoneThe Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.5/10
Year20121972
Length1h 32m30m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayGregory Nava
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerMarco Antonio Rubio

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 Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva

Director Gregory Nava's award-winning student film.

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