National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Young & Beautiful

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Young & Beautiful). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 35m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2013). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012 VS Young & Beautiful posterYoung & Beautiful2013
National Theatre Live: AntigoneYoung & Beautiful
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.5/10
Year20122013
Length1h 32m1h 35m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorPolly FindlayFrançois Ozon
Main castAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie WhittakerCharlotte Rampling, Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Nathalie Richard

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…

Young & Beautiful

Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.

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