National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Truly Naked

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Truly Naked). 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 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Truly Naked posterTruly Naked2026
National Theatre Live: AntigoneTruly Naked
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.7/10
Year20122026
Length1h 32m1h 42m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Netherlands
DirectorPolly FindlayMuriel d'Ansembourg
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerKate Kennedy, Andrew Howard, Juliet Aubrey, Cameron King, Lyndsey Marshal

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…

Truly Naked

An introverted teen, who has only ever experienced sex through the lens while working for his father’s pornography business, must step out from behind the camera when a feisty classmate challenges him to embrace a real connection.

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