National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Illusion
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.8/10 for The Illusion). The Illusion is the shorter watch at 2h 11m compared with 2h 15m. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The Illusion| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Illusion | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Roberto Andò |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Pascal Greggory, Aurora Quattrocchi, Toni Servillo, Tommaso Ragno, Salvatore Ficarra |
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.
The Illusion
1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi began from Quarto the adventure of the Thousand surrounded by the enthusiasm of the young idealists who had come from all regions of Italy, and with his loyal group of officers, among whom a new profile stands out, that of Palermo Colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini. Among the many militiamen recruited were two Sicilians, Domenico Tricò, a farmer who had emigrated to the North, and Rosario Spitale, an illusionist. Having…
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