National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Trials of Cate McCall
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for The Trials of Cate McCall). The Trials of Cate McCall is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Trials of Cate McCall| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Trials of Cate McCall | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Karen Moncrieff |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Clancy Brown, Kathy Baker, Kate Beckinsale, Isaiah Washington, James Cromwell |
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 Trials of Cate McCall
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
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