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Film of the week What's eating Gilbert Grape? Sunday 22nd April, 9.00pm, BBC1 Romantic comedy drama Starring: Johnny Depp, Leonardo dicaprio, Mary Steenburgen, Juliette Lewis. Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom Director Lasse Hallstrom was best known for his famous movie 'My life as a dog' (1985) by which he gained an international audience. He was a popular director in his birth country Sweden and is attracted to emotional family related storylines but tries to avoid sentimentality. After directing the famous film 'The cider house rules' (1999) he received his second academy award nomination which completely lifted his career. In 2000 he came out with 'Chocolat' and this was realistic and truly enchanting for audiences. What's eating Gilbert grape is a film about a man called Gilbert (Depp) who has a younger handicapped 18 year old brother called Arnie (Dicaprio). He also has two younger sisters Amy who is the older one and her job is to cook...

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