National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Land of Women
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Land of Women). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Land of Women| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Land of Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Marisa Vallone |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Freddie Fox, Syama Rayner, Hal Yamanouchi, Alessandro Haber, Valentina Lodovini |
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 Land of Women
The 1950s: in the ancient and far-off island of Sardinia, two generations of women fight against restrictive age-old traditions to reach sexual and emotional freedom.
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