National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Riot Club
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for The Riot Club). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Riot Club| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Riot Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Lone Scherfig |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Natalie Dormer, Sam Reid, Matthew Beard, Holliday Grainger, Jessica Brown Findlay |
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 Riot Club
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
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