National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Wild Pear Tree
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Wild Pear Tree). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 8m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Wild Pear Tree| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Wild Pear Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 3h 8m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Öner Erkan, Kubilay Tunçer, Özay Fecht, Tamer Levent, Doğu Demirkol |
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 Wild Pear Tree
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
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