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François Ozon's L'Amant Double, Patrick Heron, Rachel Kushner

French director Francois Ozon discusses his latest film L'Amant Double, plus Patrick Heron at Tate St Ives and Rachel Kushner on her latest novel set in a US women's prison.

French director François Ozon discusses his latest film L'Amant Double, a psychological thriller in which a young woman falls in love with her secretive psychiatrist.

Patrick Heron, the British artist and critic is celebrated in a new retrospective exhibition at Tate St Ives. Heron played a major role in the development of British post-war abstract art exploring the Cornish light and colour in the landscape surrounding his home. Curator Andrew Wilson and artist Susanna Heron, Patrick's daughter, join Samira.

The acclaim for Rachel Kushner's novel The Flamethrowers brought her to a wide audience. Now she has written The Mars Room, the fictional account of a woman in a US prison with a double life sentence - plus 6 years. She describes getting access to the Californian prison system and the extraordinary stories she uncovered there.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Caroline Donne.

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  • François Ozon

    Duration: 09:39

  • Patrick Heron

    Duration: 09:14

  • Rachel Kushner

    Duration: 07:28

François Ozon

François Ozon

François Ozon's film opens in UK cinemas on 01 May 2018, certificate 18.

Images:Ìý Main image above and image to the left: Marine Vacth as Chloé, andÌýJérémie Renier as Paul

Images credit: Curzon Artificial Eye

Patrick Heron

Patrick Heron

The is at Tate St Ives, Cornwall until 30 September 2018.

Image: Patrick Heron

Big Complex Diagonal with Emerald and Reds : March 1972 - September 1974

1974

Oil paint on canvas

Image credit: © Estate of Patrick Heron. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2018

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Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner

by Rachel Kushner is published on 07 June 2018 in hardback and as an eBook.

Image: Rachel Kushner

Image credit: Lucy Raven

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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest François Ozon
Interviewed Guest Andrew Wilson
Interviewed Guest Susanna Heron
Interviewed Guest Rachel Kushner
Producer Caroline Donne

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