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Director Ellie Foumbi on war and reconciliation

Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the director Ellie Foumbi and the critic Anna Bogutskaya

Nikki Bedi is joined by Cameroonian-American director Ellie Foumbi to talk about her acclaimed film 鈥淥ur Father, The Devil鈥, in which a care worker (played by Babetida Sadjo, pictured) believes that the new priest who has arrived to minister to her patients is actually a ruthless former warlord.

Together with critic Anna Bogutskaya, they鈥檒l be discussing Christian Bale鈥檚 glass eye, Chloe Grace Moretz鈥檚 passion for sci-fi, Novelist Celeste Ng鈥檚 latest book, who will be the next 007 and German director Edward Berger鈥檚 version of All Quiet on The Western Front. Plus live Mexican music from Son Rompe Pera.

(Photo: Babetida Sadjo. Credit: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

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