Broken English

Name: Broken English
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2026-01-22
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Marianne Faithfull, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Calvin Demba, Zawe Ashton

2026·Documentary·1h 39m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth

singer

woman director

Trailer

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Cast

Marianne Faithfull

Self

Tilda Swinton

The Overseer

George MacKay

The Record Keeper

Calvin Demba

The Replacement

Zawe Ashton

The Media Archivist

Sophia Di Martino

The Researcher

Suki Waterhouse

Self

Beth Orton

Self

Courtney Love

Self

Jehnny Beth

Self

Nick Cave

Self

Warren Ellis

Self

Crew

Iain Forsyth

Director

Iain Forsyth

Writer

Popular Reviews

10 reviews

Mia BankerPRO

4.0★ · 07/22/26

A documentary trying to be experimental but only ends up being messy. Marianne deserved something about herself

Lorelai

6.0★ · 02/26/26

showing this to people romanticizing the 60'/70' and jokingly saying they would have "definitely done drugs" if they had lived then (you know who you are)

6.0★ · 02/26/26

showing this to people romanticizing the 60'/70' and jokingly saying they would have "definitely done drugs" if they had lived then (you know who you are)

Daisy

6.0★ · 01/30/26

I’ve never seen a documentary like this. Not sure if that’s a positive or a negative. I didn’t know anything about Marianne Faithfull before but happy to learn more about her. She is a force!

star collector

10.0★ · 01/30/26

nothing I can say here will do justice to the feelings I felt watching this