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The Movie Café: 06/10/2011

06/10/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Café, 06/10/2011

A preview of Dinard, the French film festival celebrating Scottish film-makers.

We preview Dinard, the French film festival that has become a vector for films aiming to conquer the European market and which is also celebrating Scottish film-makers.

Dinard British Film Festival - We preview the French Film Festival that has become a vector for all the films aiming to conquer the European market; this year they are celebrating the work of Scottish filmmakers - we'll have a live report on it all from the coast of France. 

'Perfect Sense' - Director David McKenzie and actor Dennis Lawson discuss this 'sci-fi romance' which is set in Glasgow and fetures a chef and a scientist who fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions. 

Our DVD Pick of the Week is 'Potiche' - we will be discussing the DVD release of Potiche, a blend of boulevard farce, 1970s sex comedy and political satire starring those giants of Le Cinéma Francaise, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu.

Scotland Loves Anime: We hear all about The 2011 Scotland Loves Anime festival which started in 2010 -it features cutting-edge anime, currently screening in Japan, and most films are enhanced by an introduction or Q&A. The festival is taking place over two weekends in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively in celebration of this, often overlooked, genre.

Midnight In Paris - We review Woody Allen's romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

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