National Theatre Live: Life of Pi

NR (0 votes)• 2023• 150m•Released

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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.

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Languages: English

Director: Max Webster

Starring Cast: Hiran Abeysekera, Mina Anwar, Tom Espiner, Kirsten Foster, Raj Ghatak, Nicholas Khan

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