National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Lost Daughter
National Theatre Live: Antigone and The Lost Daughter are tied on audience score (10/10). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. 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 Lost Daughter| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Lost Daughter | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | China |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Xu Ruogu, Zang Lianrong |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Duan Aojuan, Liu Weiwei, Zhang Taiwen, Zhao Hu, Cai Yuan Jiang |
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 Lost Daughter
A mother seeks out the first-born daughter she previously abandoned in order to try to persuade the daughter to donate bone marrow to her sick younger brother.
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