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85% Critic Match
National Theatre Live: Nation
8.5 / 10• 2010• 2h 30m•NR• English
Fantasy
Storyline
A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress. Neither speaks the others language, but somehow they must learn to survive and forge a new nation. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".
Cast & Crew
David Ajala
Milo
Lead
Gary Carr
Mau
Paul Chahidi
Cox
Nicholas Rowe
Father
Craig Stein
Pilu
David Sterne
Captain Roberts
Emily Taaffe
Daphne
Jason Thorpe
Milton
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Melly Still's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: Nation is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
