Broken English (15)

Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. English. 1h 38m.

At the start you might be baffled, but stay with it. The story that unfolds is not just moving, you might feel outraged, you might find yourself shouting inwardly: how could they have done that? Marianne Faithful reflects on her life as a rock icon. She died before the film was finalised and released. Nick Cave and Tilda Swinton give this telling of that life, condemned from the start by its protagonist’s beauty and notoriety, a genuinely cutting edge. We follow the evolution of a voice that carries love, hurt and defiance entangled together over six decades right up to the star’s final performance.