National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Sea of Trees
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for The Sea of Trees). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Sea of Trees| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Sea of Trees | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Gus Van Sant |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Matthew McConaughey, Nada Despotovich, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe, Katie Aselton |
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 Sea of Trees
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.
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