National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Optimist
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Optimist| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
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 Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
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