National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Wild Diamond

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Wild Diamond). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Wild Diamond posterWild Diamond2024
National Theatre Live: AntigoneWild Diamond
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20122024
Length1h 32m1h 43m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayAgathe Riedinger
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerAntonia Buresi, Alexis Manenti, Andréa Bescond, Idir Azougli, Malou Khebizi

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…

Wild Diamond

Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with beauty and the need to become “someone”, she sees reality TV as her opportunity to be loved... Fate smiles upon her when she auditions for “Miracle Island”.

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