Broken English
Reino Unido, 2025.
Directed by: Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth.
Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth are a British duo of visual artists and filmmakers known for innovative work blending cinema, contemporary art, and music. Their most famous film, "20,000 Days on Earth" (2014)—a hybrid documentary about Nick Cave—won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and received widespread critical acclaim.
Cast: George MacKay, Tilda Swinton, Marianne Faithfull.
Running time: 96 min.
Synopsis
An unconventional, non-linear portrait of cultural icon Marianne Faithfull. Set within the fictional "Ministry of Not Forgetting," the film blends archival footage with dramatized sequences featuring Tilda Swinton. It transcends the traditional biopic to reclaim Faithfull’s identity from the media's distorted lens, offering a poetic meditation on myth, memory, and the artist’s own voice.
An unconventional, non-linear portrait of cultural icon Marianne Faithfull. Set within the fictional "Ministry of Not Forgetting," the film blends archival footage with dramatized sequences featuring Tilda Swinton...