A Year of School vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for A Year of School). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Year of School
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Year of School | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Laura Samani | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Stella Wendick, Giacomo Covi, Pietro Giustolisi, Samuel Volturno, Magnus Krepper | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Year of School
2007. Fred, a 17-year-old girl who just moved from Sweden to Northeast Italy, enrolls for her high school senior year—finding herself the only female student in an all-male class. Lively and good-looking, she quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three classmates: Antero, charming and reserved; Pasini, a cocky womanizer; Mitis, gruff and sagacious. The three have been best friends for as long as they can remember, but Fred's…
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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