National Theatre Live: Antigone vs You Can Count on Me
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for You Can Count on Me). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 51m. You Can Count on Me is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
You Can Count on Me| National Theatre Live: Antigone | You Can Count on Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Kenneth Lonergan |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | J. Smith-Cameron, Laura Linney, Josh Lucas, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick |
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…
You Can Count on Me
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
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