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Palme d'Or winner Dheepan, Diana Damrau, Noma Dumezweni, Garth Greenwell

Palme d'Or-winning film Dheepan, German soprano Diana Damrau on Lucia di Lammermoor, Noma Dumezweni in our Shakespeare's People series, and American novelist Garth Greenwell.

Dheepan, the winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a former Sri Lankan Tamil fighter who flees the civil war to France with a woman and young girl he has never met. After finding work and housing in the suburbs of Pairs this fake family soon find that the violence they have run from is replaced by a new danger. Agnes Poirier reviews the film.

German soprano Diana Damrau discusses her role as Lucia di Lammermoor in a controversial and bloody new production at the Royal Opera House in London.

Noma Dumezweni, who is about to star as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on stage, chooses Paulina from The Winter's Tale as part of our Shakespeare's People series.

US writer Garth Greenwell's debut novel What Belongs to You is the story of a American teacher who becomes obsessed with a sex worker in Bulgaria. Garth talks to Samira about the mixture of fact and fiction in the novel, and his growing up gay in Kentucky and his advocacy of 'queer culture'.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Palme d'Or winner Dheepan

    Duration: 04:33

  • Diana Damrau

    Duration: 09:06

  • Donald Trump's portrait

    Duration: 03:19

  • Noma Dumezweni

    Duration: 03:38

  • Garth Greenwell

    Duration: 07:03

Palme d'Or winner Dheepan

Palme d'Or winner Dheepan

(certificate 15)聽is in UK cinemas from 8th April.

Image (left): Jesuthasan Antonythasan as Dheepan

Main Image: Dheepan and family

Images credit: Studiocanal

Diana Damrau

Diana Damrau

is at the Royal Opera House, London from 17th April - 19th May.

Image: Diana Damrau as Lucia

Image credit: ROH/Stephen Cummiskey

Noma Dumezweni

Noma Dumezweni

Noma Dumezweni on playing Paulina in The Winter's Tale, part of Front Row's season

Image: Noma Dumezweni

Garth Greenwell

Garth Greenwell

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell is published by Pan聽 Macmillan, and is released on 7th April.

Image: Garth Greenwell

Image credit: Max Freeman

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Interviewed Guest Agnes Poirier
Interviewed Guest Diana Damrau
Interviewed Guest Noma Dumezweni
Interviewed Guest Garth Greenwell

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  • Thu 7 Apr 2016 19:15

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