National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Lower Depths
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Lower Depths). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 5m. The Lower Depths is the older of the two (1957 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Lower Depths| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Lower Depths | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1957 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 5m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Akira Kurosawa |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Isuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yū Fujiki, Toshirō Mifune, Eijirō Tōno |
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 Lower Depths
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
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