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Caravage - Dans la splendeur des ombres
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Hitchcock at the N.F.T.
In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow director Bryan Forbes and to answer questions from an audience of film enthusiasts.
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