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BROKEN ENGLISH UK, 2025, 96 min, color, documentary

Broken English is a bold documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter and icon Marianne Faithfull.

 

A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectations – releasing over thirty-five albums while constantly reinventing herself. Made with her full involvement, Broken English is an intimate and unflinching exploration of a fractured yet unbreakable life shaped by fame, creativity and relentless public scrutiny. The film unfolds within the Ministry of Not Forgetting – an imagined, cinematic institution where memory and mythology collide. Broken English is a genre-defying act of resilience and rebellion – Marianne Faithfull’s final fearless declaration, her defiant swan song.

Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR
Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth
SCRIPT
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, Ian Martin
CAMERA
Daniel Landin, Erik Alexander Wilson, Derrick Peters
MUSIC
Rob Ellis, Adrian Utley
CAST
Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Calvin Demba; AS THEMSELVES - Marianne Faithfull, Suki Waterhouse, Beth Orton, Courtney Love, Nick Cave
PRODUCERS
Beth Earl, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
PRODUCTION
Rustic Canyon Pictures, Phantoscopic

BROKEN ENGLISH UK, 2025, 96 min, color, documentary

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