National Theatre Live: Antigone vs When You Least Expect It
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for When You Least Expect It). When You Least Expect It is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
When You Least Expect It| National Theatre Live: Antigone | When You Least Expect It | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Estonia |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Mart Kivastik |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Katariina Unt, Thor Tulinius, Merle Jääger, Ivo Uukkivi, Raivo Adlas |
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 You Least Expect It
There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man. They are both hopelessly lonely people hoping that maybe there's someone…
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