National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Naked Queen

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for The Naked Queen). The Naked Queen is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2022). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS The Naked Queen posterThe Naked Queen2022
National Theatre Live: AntigoneThe Naked Queen
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 4.0/10
Year20122022
Length1h 32m1h 29m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Argentina
DirectorPolly FindlayJosé Celestino Campusano
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerNatalia Page, Dolores Moriondo, Alek Molnar, Joaquín Colombo, Franco Ganuza

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 Naked Queen

José Celestino Campusano continues his task of exploring territories that haven’t yet been covered much by Argentine cinema, but with which, film after film, he managed to configure his own universe. This time, the prolific filmmaker traveled to the locality of Gálvez, in the province of Santa Fe, in order to collect town life experiences and, with them, shape his new feature. The Naked Queen is the result of this journey.

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