National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Three Kilometres to the End of the World

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Three Kilometres to the End of the World). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Three Kilometres to the End of the World posterThree Kilometres to the End of the World2024
National Theatre Live: AntigoneThree Kilometres to the End of the World
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.7/10
Year20122024
Length1h 32m1h 45m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorPolly FindlayEmanuel Pârvu
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerAlina Berzunțeanu, Valeriu Andriuță, Adrian Titieni, Bogdan Dumitrache, Laura Vasiliu

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 Kilometres to the End of the World

Adi, a gay teenager, is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night he is brutally attacked on the street, the next day his world is turned upside-down. His parents no longer look at him as they did, and the seeming tranquility of the village starts to crack.

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