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Though still known to many in the UK as chain-smoking Fi from Four Weddings and a Funeral, Kristin Scott Thomas has, thanks to her impressive language skills, been making a name for

‘Are you sitting comfortably? Well, put your seatbelts on ‘cos you’re in for a harrowing ride, ‘cos this is Ill Manors where dark sh*t goes on at night.”

Despite its apparent internationalism, world cinema is in fact a deeply conservative environment where known quantities and familiar names resonate far more clearly than either innovation or talent.