A Bruddah's Mind vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for A Bruddah's Mind). A Bruddah's Mind is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Bruddah's Mind posterA Bruddah's Mind2021 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
A Bruddah's MindNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20212012
Length1h 25m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorDéo CardosoPolly Findlay
Main castLucas Limeira, Nicoly Mota, Ilton Rodrigues, Jeff Pereira, Renan CapivaraAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

A Bruddah's Mind

Leader of the student union, Saulo is the target of racist curses inside the classroom. When he retaliates, he is called to the principal's office, but refuses to suffer the consequences of the attack alone, since the aggressor is not responsible for his speech. Inspired by readings about the Black Panthers, the boy decides to stay in school until justice is done. Meanwhile, he exposes the neglect of the establishment's structure with his cell…

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…

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