Woman's Hour - 06/08/2009

With Jenni Murray. Harriet Harman is reported to have fallen out with Cabinet colleagues over rape policy, has called for children to be taught about domestic violence in primary school, and implied men can't be trusted to manage the economy on their own. Harriet Harman talks to Jenni Murray. Isabelle Huppert is one of the busiest and most respected actresses of her generation, starring in some eighty films over the past thirty years. The French star has also been described as the most daring actress in cinema, taking on controversial roles such as the self-harming, sadomasochist woman in 'The Piano Teacher'. She also takes on comedy, in films such as '8 Women', alongside Catherine Deneuve. She talks to Jenni about her career and her latest film 'Home', in which she plays a mother whose family's peaceful rural life is threatened when a busy motorway opens very close to their isolated house. Her bold, dark folk songs have been compared to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell and at the age of eighteen, she was the youngest person ever to have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Laura Marling sings live.