National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Secret Art of Human Flight

National Theatre Live: Antigone and The Secret Art of Human Flight are tied on audience score (10/10). 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 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS The Secret Art of Human Flight posterThe Secret Art of Human Flight2024
National Theatre Live: AntigoneThe Secret Art of Human Flight
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20122024
Length1h 32m1h 47m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United States of America
DirectorPolly FindlayH.P. Mendoza
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerPaul Raci, Maggie Grace, Grant Rosenmeyer, Reina Hardesty, Lucy DeVito

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 Secret Art of Human Flight

In the wake of a tragedy, a grieving widower turns to a mysterious self help book from the dark web written by an eccentric guru, which promises to unlock the power to fly.

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