National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Kidnapping of Arabella
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Kidnapping of Arabella). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Kidnapping of Arabella| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Kidnapping of Arabella | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Carolina Cavalli |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Monica Nappo, Benedetta Porcaroli, Chris Pine, Roberto Zibetti, Roberta da Soller |
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 Kidnapping of Arabella
Holly spends days at her dead-end job fantasizing about holes in the space-time continuum and wondering where her life went wrong. When she meets Arabella, an eight-year-old rebel hoping to run away from her self-absorbed author father, Holly becomes convinced their meeting is a cosmic sign, and that Arabella is, in fact, her past self sent back for a second chance. The two embark on an unconventional road trip between two lost souls who might…
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