National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Transylvania
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for Transylvania). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. Transylvania is the older of the two (2006 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Transylvania| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Transylvania | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Tony Gatlif |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Birol Ünel, Amira Casar, Asia Argento, Alexandra Beaujard, Morgan |
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…
Transylvania
Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. When she finds him back, he brutally rejects her and Zingarina is terribly upset. She leaves her two companions and having become a wreck she hardly survives by…
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