National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.8/10 for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl). On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 15m. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Rungano Nyoni |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Esther Singini, Blessings Bhamjee, Doris Naulapwa |
Synopsis
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.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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