Chicken with Plums vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7/10 for Chicken with Plums). Chicken with Plums is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 15m. Chicken with Plums is the older of the two (2011 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Chicken with Plums posterChicken with Plums2011 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
Chicken with PlumsNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 9.0/10
Year20112023
Length1h 32m2h 15m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorMarjane Satrapi, Vincent ParonnaudJeremy Herrin
Main castChiara Mastroianni, Didier Flamand, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Mathieu AmalricSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

Chicken with Plums

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Where to watch

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