National Theatre Live: Life of Pi

2023 2h 30m EN

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hiran Abeysekera
Pi
Mina Anwar
Amma
Tom Espiner
Father Martin /Commander Grant-Jones
Kirsten Foster
Lulu Chen
Raj Ghatak
Mamaji/Pandit-Ji
Nicholas Khan
Pi's Father
Syreeta Kumar
Mrs Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan
Payal Mistry
Rani

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Max Webster
Writers: Lolita Chakrabarti
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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ERA

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Hiran Abeysekera and Mina Anwar and Tom Espiner carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt29579023 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Max Webster directs. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Hiran Abeysekera and Mina Anwar and Tom Espiner carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt29579023 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.