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The Hand of God and D眉rer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball

The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's film inspired by his early years in Naples, and a new D眉rer exhibition at the National Gallery reviewed. Aaron Sorkin on Being the Ricardos

Paolo Sorrentino鈥檚 film The Great Beauty won an Oscar. Now he has returned to his home city of Naples to make a film based on his own autobiography, The Hand of God, which shows how his passion for the footballer Maradona saved his life.

At the National Gallery a new exhibition, D眉rer鈥檚 Journey: Travels of a Renaissance Artist, looks at how the Nuremberg artist had links with the artistic flowering happening all over Europe, and how that shaped his own work and identity.

The artist Bob and Roberta Smith and the literary editor Thea Lenarduzzi review the film and exhibition and give their thoughts on the week鈥檚 cultural happenings.

Aaron Sorkin, who has won Oscars as screenwriter for The Social Network and Molly鈥檚 Game, is also a director. In his latest film, Becoming the Ricardos, Nicole Kidman plays Lucille Ball, one of the most famous and powerful television stars ever, with an audience of 60 million. Off screen she is also Lucille Ricardo, a woman in a troubled marriage, longing for a home.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Sarah Johnson

Photo: A scene from The Hand of God, directed by Paolo Sorrentino Photo credit: Gianni Fiorito

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