National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Wendy and Lucy
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Wendy and Lucy). Wendy and Lucy is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 32m. Wendy and Lucy is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Wendy and Lucy| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Wendy and Lucy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Kelly Reichardt |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Michelle Williams, John Robinson, Wally Dalton, Will Oldham, John Breen |
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…
Wendy and Lucy
A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.
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