Cuties vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.1/10 for Cuties). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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CutiesNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 5.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20202012
Length1h 36m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorMaïmouna DoucouréPolly Findlay
Main castMaïmouna Gueye, Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-GoursolasAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Cuties

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.

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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