National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Women
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Women). Women is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. Women is the older of the two (1985 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Women| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1985 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Hong Kong |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung Cho-Hung, Cora Miao, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Eric Tsang |
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…
Women
Liang Pao-erh joins the carefree Spinsters' Club when she discovers her husband is having an affair. Despite the seemingly happy front that her sisters put on, beneath it all, each of them secretly yearns for a man in her life.
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