Hurt, who is to appear in the next Harry Potter films, has two movies - 44 Inch Chest and The Limits Of Control - premiering at the festival while Cisse's Tell Me Who You Are will also have its UK premiere.

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There was a white four-inch scar to the right of his chest reaching toward his neck, whose history he would never explain.

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While the patient is still on the operating table, a lead disc is slipped behind the breast tissue to protect the chest cavity, and an eight inch wide electron beam focused directly on the area surrounding the tumour.

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