National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Salt Path
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Salt Path). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Salt Path| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Salt Path | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Marianne Elliott |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, Angus Wright, James Lance, Amy Griffiths |
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 Salt Path
A couple lose their home and later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year long coastal trek.
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