National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Life Ahead
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for The Life Ahead). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 34m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Life Ahead| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Life Ahead | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Edoardo Ponti |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Malich Cissé, Massimiliano Rossi, Babak Karimi, Renato Carpentieri, Abril Zamora |
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 Life Ahead
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
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