National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Turin Horse
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for The Turin Horse). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 35m. The Turin Horse is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Turin Horse| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Turin Horse | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 35m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Béla Tarr |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Lajos Kovács, Mihály Ráday |
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 Turin Horse
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
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