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Cannes Festival hits and misses; director Clio Barnard; Stephen Frears on Ali

Francine Stock on the hits and misses of the Cannes Film Festival, plus British director Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant, and Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight.

Francine Stock on the hits, misses and surprises of the Cannes Film Festival with Geoff Andrew of the BFI and Robbie Collin, film critic at the Daily Telegraph. Plus the British hope at Cannes, director Clio Barnard on her film The Selfish Giant, a contemporary urban fable following two young boys who collect scrap on a horse and cart. And Stephen Frears discusses his latest project Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight which is also screening in Cannes and charts the boxer's battle against conscription. Plus Olivier Assayas on nostalgia and radical politics in Something In The Air, set in France in the early 1970s.
Producer: Elaine Lester.

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28 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest Clio Barnard
Interviewed Guest Geoff Andrew
Interviewed Guest Robbie Collin
Producer Elaine Lester
Interviewed Guest Olivier Assayas

Broadcasts

  • Thu 23 May 2013 16:00
  • Sun 26 May 2013 23:00

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