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Interview with Anand Tucker

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When Did You Last See Your Father? is an unflinching exploration of a father/son relationship, as Blake Morrison deals with his father Arthur’s terminal illness and imminent death.  Blake’s memories of everything funny, embarrassing and upsetting about his childhood and teens are interspersed with tender and heart-rending scenes in the present, as he struggles to come to terms with his father, and their history of conflict, and learns to accept that one’s parents are not always accountable to their children.

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After 2 years as a director on the BBC’s cultural flagship, The Late Show, Anand Tucker joined Oxford Films where he made many documentaries including a Bookmark profile of Anne Rice which won him a BAFTA in 1993. His first drama, Saint Ex, starred Bruno Ganz as Antoine de St Exupery, writer of The Little Prince.  He then went on to direct Hilary and Jackie, which won Oscar nominations for Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths, before forming Archer Street Films and serving as a producer on the award-winning Girl With A Pearl Earring.
 
His last film, Shopgirl, starring Clare Danes, Steve Martin and Jason Schwartzmann, based on Martin’s adaptation of his own novella, premiered as a Gala Presentation at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. Buena Vista released the film to critical acclaim in October 2005.

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