Overview

• The film bowed Out of Competition on Aug. 29 at the Venice Film Festival, drawing some walkouts at a press screening but strong applause from those who stayed.
• Marianne Faithfull appears in one of her final on-camera interviews and delivers her last recorded singing performance with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
• Faithfull died on Jan. 31, 2025, and she did not see a completed cut of the documentary.
• Tilda Swinton plays the Overseer and George MacKay the Record Keeper in a fictional framework that interweaves staged scenes with Faithfull’s unscripted testimony.
• Shot across nine multi-camera sessions at Elstree Studios, the film features contributions from Courtney Love, Suki Waterhouse, Jehnny Beth and Beth Orton, with sales handled by Global Constellation and Cinetic.