Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

Genres

ComedyDrama

OverView

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

160 mins

Rating

8.4/10

Release Date

28 November 2019

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Garry Essendine

Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson

Monica Reed

Indira Varma

Indira Varma

Liz Essendine

Kitty Archer

Kitty Archer

Daphne Stillington

Enzo Cilenti

Enzo Cilenti

Joe Lyppiatt

Joshua Hill

Joshua Hill

Fred

Abdul Salis

Abdul Salis

Morris Dixon

Liza Sadovy

Liza Sadovy

Miss Erikson/Lady Saltburn

Luke Thallon

Luke Thallon

Roland Maule

Suzie Toase

Suzie Toase

Helen Lyppiatt

Similar Movies

8.1

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

January 2014 •English

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

8.0

Drôle de genre

June 2023 •French

0.0

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton

November 2019 •Swedish

6.3

Shrek the Third

May 2007 •English

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

7.3

Finding Neverland

October 2004 •English

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

8.3

RSC Live: Hamlet

June 2016 •English

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.

0.0

Where the Forest Thickens

October 2017 •Spanish

A fusion of film and theatre based on the play of the same title by Micomicon. The film shows the play and its creative process. After her mother's death, Antonia finds a box which takes her and her daughter on a trip through Europe to former Yugoslavia. Remembrance, exhumations and wars. Life will not be the same.

10.0

Private Lives

December 2013 •English

Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne are glamorous, rich, reckless…and divorced. Five years later, their love for one another is unexpectedly rekindled when they take adjoining suites of a French hotel while honeymooning with their new spouses. This chance encounter instantly reignites their passion, and they fling themselves headlong into a whirlwind of love and lust once more, without a thought for partners present or turbulences past. This Chichester Festival Theatre production of Noël Coward’s Privates Lives was filmed live at London's Gielgud Theatre.

0.0

L'Artn'acoeur

December 2020 •French

An overly spendthrift art gallery owner discovers at his own expense that his relatives, whom he thought to have cheated, are even more greedy than he.

2.9

Mannar Mathai Speaking 2

January 2014 •Malayalam

Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is malayalam comedy thriller film, directed by Mamas. It is a sequel to the 1995 cult comedy classic, Mannar Mathai Speaking and the third installment in the celebrated Ramji Rao franchise. Actors Mukesh, Saikumar, Innocent, Janardhanan reprise their roles; while Aparna Gopinath, Shammi Thilakan and a few others are also included in the cast

6.5

Romeo and Juliet, the worst forfeit of all time

January 2019 •French

After losing at YouTube Warriors, Cyprien and Squeezie (the two biggest French YouTubers) must publicly act the famous tragedy.

7.0

National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

November 2016 •English

A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

6.6

Games of Love and Chance

November 2003 •French

A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.

6.6

Une heure de tranquillité

December 2020 •French

6.5

Allegiance

December 2016 •English

Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story following the events of Pearl Harbor. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken.

7.5

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

April 2017 •Japanese

As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.

7.5

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

December 2016 •English

One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

5.1

Actresses

December 2007 •French

Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.

0.0

All My Sons

January 1987 •English

Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.

0.0

Dom Juan

September 1985 •French