which novel about novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values adaptation was directed by Beeban Kidron?
Beeban Kidron Beeban Tania Kidron, Baroness Kidron, OBE (born 2 May 1961) is an English film director, producer, children's rights campaigner and member of the UK House of Lords. As a director she is best known for directing an adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" and "". Baroness Kidron is the joint founder of the education charity Filmclub (now Into Film), which uses film to educate children in after-school clubs in the United Kingdom.
Battle Royale (film) Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル , Batoru Rowaiaru ) is a 2000 Japanese dystopian film adapted from the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami. It is the final film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, the screenplay written by his son Kenta, and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film takes place in a dystopian Japan and it follows the story of Shuya Nanahara, a high-school student, and his classmates. Their class has been chosen by the government to take part in an annual game where all the students of the class must fight to the death until only one remains alive. The film aroused both domestic and international controversy and was either banned outright or deliberately excluded from distribution in several countries.