The creators of Bend it Like Beckham on The Mistress of Spices and the film version of Dallas. Carmen set in a South African township. Harrison Ford in Witness. Plus the fall of Enron.
On The Film Programme this week:
Francine is joined by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha, the husband and wife team behind Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice to talk about their latest fable, The Mistress of Spices. Gurinder also reveals the plot of her new film version of Dallas.
Critic Bob McCabe praises Harrison Ford's performance in the 1985 Amish thriller Witness.
Mark Dornford-May discusses his film of Bizet's Carmen set amongst the shanties of a South African township, which won the top prize at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival.
And what happened at Enron? Alex Gibney's documentary examines why the billion dollar company collapsed so spectacularly.
Films mentioned on the programme:
The Mistress of Spices (12A) is in cinemas now.
Witness (15) is available now in a Special Collector's Edition. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (12A) is in selected cinemas now.
Bob McCabe's TV film choices are The Prince of Tides. Saturday afternoon on Five. 1.20pm and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Sunday night on BBC1. 11.15pm.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (15) is showing in selected cinemas from 28 April.
