National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Uniform Virgin Pain

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for Uniform Virgin Pain). Uniform Virgin Pain is the shorter watch at 1h 3m compared with 1h 32m. Uniform Virgin Pain is the older of the two (1981 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 4.0/10
Year20121981
Length1h 32m1h 3m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayMamoru Watanabe
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerJun Miho, Mieko Aoki, Waka Oda, Kayoko Sugi, Kenji Shimamura

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…

Uniform Virgin Pain

After school two virginal high school girls, Mari and Emi, decide to visit a disco club in the red light district. While Mari is dancing to the beat Emi is picked up by two men and sexually assaulted. The next day the two men try to force Emi into prostitution. When Mari finds out what happened to her best friend she burns with revenge… and conceals a razor.

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