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Credits

Directors

Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Screenwriters

Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth, Ian Martin
With

Marianne Faithfull, George MacKay, Tilda Swinton
UK 2025. 99min
Courtesy of

Film Constellation
Language

English

Introduction

The layered structure on which Broken English rests is the fictional ‘Ministry of Not Forgetting’ (led by Tilda Swinton and her trusty interviewer George MacKay), who take Marianne on a journey into a rich and event-filled past. Images, clips and interviews are interspersed with musical responses by Beth Orton, Courtney Love and Nick Cave. Triumphantly defying categorisation, Pollard and Forsyth (20,000 Days on Earth, The Extraordinary Miss Flower) expertly rewire the documentary genre once more with their most ambitious film to date.

Kristy Matheson

Content warning

Contains scenes of drug use.

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