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The Film Programme: 08/04/2011

08/04/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, 08/04/2011

Francine Stock discusses the French hit, Little White Lies and The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Francine Stock discusses the French hit, Little White Lies and The Man Who Fell to Earth and also examines attempts to open up the Chinese market to foreign films.

The Film Programme covers all the tenses this week - past, present and future. Francine Stock talks to the director, Guillaume Canet, about his latest film, Little White Lies, which has sold five million tickets in France alone and is opening in cinemas here now.To look back she's joined by the writer, Paul Mayersberg and the historian, Pasquale Iannone. Paul will be discussing the genesis of Nicholas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth while, on the eve of a big Bertolucci season on London's Southbank, Pasquale considers the importance of his second feature, Before the Revolution. Last but not least, the critic Tony Rayns, examines China's attitude to foreign films and what the future might hold for directors trying to get a toehold in its huge market

Producer - Zahid Warley.

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