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Radio 4,21 May 2015,28 mins
Tomorrowland, Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western, Abderrahmane Sissako, Cannes
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With Francine Stock. Director Brad Bird discusses Tomorrowland, in which George Clooney searches for a mythical city of the future created by the finest minds of their generation. Director Ana Lily Amirpour discusses her Iranian vampire spaghetti western, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. Abderrahmane Sissako talks about the political context of his drama Timbuktu, in which an African town is taken over by a jihadist group. Tim Robey and Clare Binns report from the Cannes Film Festival.
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