National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Women Talking
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Women Talking). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2022). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Women Talking| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Women Talking | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Sarah Polley |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy |
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 Talking
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
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