Berlin 2007: Marianne Faithfull, THE WITNESSES
Peeping jane Marianne Faithfull tries to see if there’s a best actress Silver Bear awaiting her on the other side of the glory hole.
In The Guardian, Geoffrey Macnab interviews Marianne Faithfull, whose Irina Palm, the story of a woman who becomes a sex worker in order to get money for her sick grandson, was screened at the Berlinale:
"Irina Palm is far less voyeuristic than such a synopsis might suggest. Faithfull plays Maggie beautifully, with an understatement that belies her rock’n’roll past. She is at pains to point out that there is nothing remotely glamorous or funny about working in the sex industry. ‘I’ve had friends who worked in the sex trade, really good friends. And they are now dead. [...]
by Andre Soares | February 15, 2007
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Tags: André Téchiné, Berlin 2007, Berlin Film Festival, Film Festivals, Irina Palm, Johan Libéreau, Marianne Faithfull, Sami Bouajila, The Counterfeiters, The Witnesses
