National Theatre Live: Life of Pi

March. 30,2023      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel. After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

Hiran Abeysekera as  Pi
Mina Anwar as  Ma
David K.S. Tse as  Mr. Okamoto
Kirsten Foster as  Lulu Chen
Habib Nasib Nader as  The Cook

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Grimerlana
2023/03/30

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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Mjeteconer
2023/03/31

Just perfect...

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VeteranLight
2023/04/01

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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StyleSk8r
2023/04/02

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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