After School Knife Fight vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for After School Knife Fight). After School Knife Fight is the shorter watch at 22m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

After School Knife Fight posterAfter School Knife Fight2017 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
After School Knife FightNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20172012
Length22m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorCaroline Poggi, Jonathan VinelPolly Findlay
Main castMarylou Mayniel, Lucas Doméjean, Nicolas Mias, Pablo CoboAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

After School Knife Fight

Laëtitia, Roca, Nico and Naël are in a band. As per usual, they meet late afternoon before rehearsal in a vacant lot. The group will soon no longer exist; they will be forced to disband because Laetitia is moving away to study. This is the story of four young adults who do not want to say good-bye.

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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