we ll have the headlines and all the news for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know what i mean? and martin scorsese is back on the riviera with a western crime drama that was a big hit. also how a book written by bianca stigter, the
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. now on bbc news. talking movies cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know
only what it is now. the film is four and a half hours long. i mean, that is a lot in a way to ask of an audience. i didn t notice any complaints when i watched the film. but what do you hope people get out of investing that time and what you have greeted? in what you have greeted? this movie couldn t be an hour and a half, for obvious reasons. there was a weight to it, and i think that we needed to be manifested in length and journey. that you do go along with it. but, at the same time, you realise it is bigger than it s bigger than what you see. i found this film to be emotionally devastating, but in the most rich and rewarding way. this is my grandfather, werner friedrich brook, a germanjew in breslau. when hitler came to power, he was forced into retirement. he lost hisjob, his home, his status. a broken man, he went to the netherlands, as did many other germanjews. most of them perished, while my grandfather and his family found safe haven in britain. i cried the whole time
this is my grandfather, werner friedrich brook, a germanjew in breslau. when hitler came to power, he was forced into retirement. he lost hisjob, his home, his status. a broken man, he went to the netherlands, as did many other germanjews. most of them perished, while my grandfather and his family found safe haven in britain. i cried the whole time i watched 0ccupied city, thinking of the nightmare my family avoided. the film did what powerful art can do unlock emotions we don t know we have. there were a lot of tears. there we are so resilient, human beings, and whatever is in front of us, we keep on going. do we have a choice? not really. because we don t know what is around the corner. and i think that s that hopefully is the triumph of the film, that let s not forget, let s not forget. real world events have a habit of changing the way in which a film is experienced at the cannes film festival. it happened this year with the first