Eric Cantona eight-month suspension. Following his retirement from football in 1997, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film "Elizabeth", starring Cate Blanchett, the 2008 film "French Film", and the 2009 film "Looking for Eric". In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in "Face au Paradis", a French play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni. Cantona also took an interest in the sport of beach soccer, and as player-manager of the French national team, he won the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Known for his charismatic – and outspoken – persona, Cantona was
The Looking Glass War released in 1969, starring Christopher Jones as Leiser, Ralph Richardson as LeClerc ("sic"), and Anthony Hopkins as Avery. It was directed by Frank Pierson. As part of a series of dramatisation of Le Carré's work, the "Complete Smiley" series, BBC Radio produced a radio play of "The Looking Glass War" in 2009. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it starred Ian McDiarmid as Leclerc, Piotr Baumann as Leiser, Patrick Kennedy as Avery, and Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. As with other plays in this series it is now available as a CD set as . The Looking Glass War The