National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Motorcycle Diaries
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for The Motorcycle Diaries). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 6m. The Motorcycle Diaries is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Motorcycle Diaries| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Motorcycle Diaries | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Walter Salles |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Rodrigo de la Serna, Gael García Bernal, Mercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, Jean Pierre Noher |
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 Motorcycle Diaries
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
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