National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Train Dreams
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.7/10 for Train Dreams). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Train Dreams| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Train Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Clint Bentley |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Kerry Condon, Joel Edgerton, William H. Macy, Will Patton, John Diehl |
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…
Train Dreams
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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