British filmmaker Mike Leigh celebrated in Paris

As Mike Leigh’s five-decade career takes centre stage at the Paris Cinémathèque for a retrospective, the British filmmaker speaks to Eve Jackson about 50 years of making movies, from the raw intensity of « Naked » and the jubilant optimism of « Happy-Go-Lucky », to historical storytelling in « Peterloo » and « Mr Turner ». With accolades like the Palme d’Or for « Secrets & Lies » at the Cannes Film festival and the Golden Lion for « Vera Drake » at Venice, at 82 Leigh continues to illuminate humanity’s complexities with his latest film « Hard Truths ».