National Theatre Live: Antigone vs You Don't Belong Here

National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 34m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS You Don't Belong Here posterYou Don't Belong Here2026
National Theatre Live: AntigoneYou Don't Belong Here
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 0.0/10
Year20122026
Length1h 32m2h 34m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Romania
DirectorPolly FindlayFlorin Şerban
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerAdrian Văncică, Teodor Butănescu, Christina Richter, Alex Conovaru, Izdrailă Janir

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 Don't Belong Here

Marius is the chief medical officer at a hospital in his small hometown, raising a teenage son, Ioan, alone after the death of his wife. He is a confident professional, who has no idea what his son gets up to at night, cycling through town vandalising cars with a gang of masked vigilantes. Marius’s world is shaken when he learns that the police have come to suspect his son of murder.

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