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World Service,28 Aug 2012,18 mins

28/08/2012

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee. Today a special edition of The Strand featuring Iranian graphic novelist, artist and film maker Marjane Satrapi. Following the success of her semi-autobiographical Persepolis books and films, she has now co-directed a live-action version of another of her books - Chicken with Plums - which is a fictional story about a musician who decides to die after his precious violin gets broken. Marjane Satrapi joins us to discuss film-making, gambling, dramatic deaths and cabaret.

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