National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Solitude of Prime Numbers
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for The Solitude of Prime Numbers). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. The Solitude of Prime Numbers is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Solitude of Prime Numbers| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Solitude of Prime Numbers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Saverio Costanzo |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Luca Marinelli, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Filippo Timi, Aurora Ruffino |
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 Solitude of Prime Numbers
Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These numbers are solitary and incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both "prime", both haunted by the tragedies that have marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice which has caused a defect in her leg, and the loss of his twin sister for Matthew.
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