National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Three Colors: Blue
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Three Colors: Blue). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Three Colors: Blue is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Three Colors: Blue| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Three Colors: Blue | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Juliette Binoche, Daniel Martin, Emmanuelle Riva, Yann Trégouët, Hélène Vincent |
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…
Three Colors: Blue
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
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