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24/11/2011

Kenneth Branagh talks about playing Olivier to Michelle Williams' Monroe; Nanni Moretti dissects the papacy; and Owen Sheers and Amit Gupta discuss their WWII drama Resistance.

Conflict is this week's theme. It begins with the clash between Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier during the filming of The Prince and The Showgirl - a story which lies at the heart of Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn starring Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams; it continues with the friction caused when belief bumps into psychoanalytic dogma in Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope; it encompasses the struggle between invading Nazis and Welsh farmers in Resistance - a counterfactual film made by Owen Sheers and Amit Gupta; and it concludes with Michael Shannon's fight with his personal demons in Take Shelter, Jeff Nichols' follow up to Shotgun Stories. Francine Stock lends an ear to all the factions and questions their assertions in this week's Film Programme.

Producer: Zahid Warley.

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Sun 27 Nov 2011 23:00
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Chapters

  • Kenneth Branagh

    Interview with actor Kenneth Branagh, on playing Sir Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn

    Duration: 08:22

  • We Have a Pope

    Interview with Nanni Moretti, about his new film We Have a Pope

    Duration: 06:34

  • Resistance

    Interview with Owen Sheers and Amit Gupta, writer and director of Resistance

    Duration: 07:06

  • Take Shelter

    Interview with actor Michael Shannon, about his latest film Take Shelter

    Duration: 05:12

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  • Thu 24 Nov 2011 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 27 Nov 2011 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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