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Apr 2023
1h 10m

Florian Zeller - Making an Oscar winning...

GILES ALDERSON
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Oscar winner Florian Zeller join us to talk his Anthony Hopkins starring The Father and his latest film The Son. Florian's debut feature The Father was nominated for7 Academy Awards, winning Best Adapted screenplay and nominated for six bafta's sits down for a chat with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir in London and they discuss: -Adapting his plays in feature ... Show More
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