Broken English

Name: Broken English
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2025
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Marianne Faithfull, Jehnny Beth, Zawe Ashton, Bat for Lashes, Edith Bowman

Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard20251h 38mDocumentary, Music

Why we chose it

The iconic singer Marianne Faithfull agreed to an intimate documentary about her turbulent life, and she tells it in her own words, but she died before the film was finished. There was still time for a duet with Nick Cave, the last performance she ever gave.

Synopsis

On a soundstage outside London, the singer Marianne Faithfull sits in a wheelchair opposite a young man who introduces himself as an official from the Ministry of Not Forgetting. He has footage from across her whole life, some of which she has never seen. She watches it, fills in the gaps and sets the record straight.