National Theatre Live: Antigone vs When It Melts
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for When It Melts). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
When It Melts| National Theatre Live: Antigone | When It Melts | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Belgium |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Veerle Baetens |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Charlotte De Bruyne, Rosa Marchant, Sebastien Dewaele, Naomi Vellisariou, Amber Metdepenningen |
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…
When It Melts
Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts her past and faces up to her tormentors.
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