Mike Leigh: Art and the cinema

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, midnight

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Mike Leigh, the acclaimed writer and director of films such as Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky and Mr Turner. For five decades, he has told stories about believable characters facing very human dilemmas. They\\u2019re painstakingly put together and not always easy to watch. But is the demand for his kind of artistic vision dwindling?

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