Lesson Learned vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Lesson Learned). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lesson Learned
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Lesson Learned | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Bálint Szimler | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | László Nádasi, Paul Mátis, Anna Mészöly, Ákos 'Dadan' Kovács, Inez Mátis | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Lesson Learned
Ten-year-old Palkó has just moved home to Budapest from Berlin and observes the daily life of an ordinary Hungarian elementary school with confused amazement. Juci, the young teacher just started working there. She is the only one who understands Palkó, as in their own way, they are both suffering from the same, sometimes grotesque educational system.
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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