Kick Me in the Traditions! vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Kick Me in the Traditions!). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 46m. Kick Me in the Traditions! is the older of the two (1979 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kick Me in the Traditions!
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Kick Me in the Traditions! | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1979 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Fleming | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ghita Nørby, Ove Sprogøe, Henrik Koefoed, Bodil Kjer, Ulla Henningsen | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Kick Me in the Traditions!
Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a psychiatric ward from the perspective of which he takes a close look at his allegedly sane family. They, of course, are the real loonies. The psychiatrists are worse. Only lovely class-mate Lis is down-to-earth and trustworthy.
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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