National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Yara

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Yara). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Yara posterYara2021
National Theatre Live: AntigoneYara
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20122021
Length1h 32m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayMarco Tullio Giordana
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerRoberto Zibetti, Alessio Boni, Rodolfo Corsato, Silvia Cohen, Augusto Zucchi

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…

Yara

The murder of 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio shocks the little town of Brembate di Sopra, Italy. To bring the culprit to justice, prosecutors have only scant DNA evidence and no database to compare them to. Based on a true story.

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