National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Red Tree
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for The Red Tree). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 34m. 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
The Red Tree| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Red Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Joan Gómez Endara |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Ariel Sierra, Carlos G. Vergara Montiel, Shaday Velasquez, Jhoyner Salgado, Lisette Bitar Saad |
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 Red Tree
When his father dies, Eliécer is left in charge of his half-sister. The decision not to take responsibility, forces him to the mission to take the girl to the capital to find her mother who abandoned her when she was a baby.
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