Broken English

3/27/2026

I wasn’t quite sure of the necessity for the almost Orwellian setting for this docudrama, nor for the role of the David Bowie-esque overseer (Tilda Swinton) but when we are just left with the enthusiastic George MacKay and the subject of this piece - Marianne Faithfull, it is quite an electric watch. She positively exudes charisma as she sits, oxygen tubes installed, and chats with his notional archivist about her much publicised life, loves and career. Spanning decades, she guides us through some of the most and least turbulent periods of her time in an industry that was somewhat unforgiving at the best of times, and downright hostile at others. She clearly likes MacKay and he her, and so the dynamic between them works well at sensitively discussing matters that, all bar one which she pol