National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Saint of the Impossible
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for The Saint of the Impossible). The Saint of the Impossible is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Saint of the Impossible| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Saint of the Impossible | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | Switzerland |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Marc Raymond Wilkins |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Brian Dole, Adriano Durand, Marcelo Durand, Tara Thaller, Simon Käser |
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 Saint of the Impossible
A murder, a police raid and a photo of a mysterious girl; a young mother must piece together her twin son's secret romantic life, in order to find out what happened to them.
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