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Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel

Mickey-Jo Boucher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh discuss Sam Holcroft鈥檚 new play A Mirror, and Charlotte Regan鈥檚 film Scrapper.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Mickey-Jo Boucher discuss A Mirror, a new play by Sam Holcroft about staging a drama in a country where state censorship controls the arts. It stars Trainspotting's Jonny Lee Miller. They鈥檒l also look at Charlotte Regan鈥檚 film Scrapper about a young girl who is left living alone after her mother dies, then her father turns up. What happens next?

Many will know Louis Garrel from his role as Professor Bhaer in Greta Gerwig鈥檚 film Little Women but he is also an accomplished filmmaker in his own right. As his new film, The Innocent, opens in the UK, after multiple C茅sar Award nominations and wins for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, he discusses what it鈥檚 like to move from writing, directing and starring in his own films to acting in films by other directors.

01:42 A Mirror Review
12:57 Louis Garrel Interview
28:55 Scrapper Review

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  • Thu 24 Aug 2023 19:15

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