National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Unreachable
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.9/10 for Unreachable). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 6m. 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
Unreachable| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Unreachable | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Nobuhiro Doi |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Tomorowo Taguchi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Keiichi Suzuki, Hana Sugisaki, Suzu Hirose |
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…
Unreachable
Three young women live together in an old house in a corner of Tokyo. They are not related by blood, but they have been bound together by a strong bond for 12 years. They care about each other and spend their own ordinary days together. The matter of unrequited love arises for them that they can't tell anyone.
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