National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Traitors
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Traitors). Traitors is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Traitors| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Traitors | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Sean Gullette |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Morjana Alaoui, Mourade Zeguendi, Chaimae Ben Acha, Soufia Issami, Driss Roukhe |
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…
Traitors
Malika, a punk rocker, agrees to smuggle drugs to save her family from eviction and fund her band's studio time, but her mission becomes complicated when she decides to help her fellow mule, Amal, escape.
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