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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
Directed byAlexis Bloom
Svetlana Zill
Based onBlack Magic
Produced byCharlie Corwin
StarringAnita Pallenberg
Volker Schlöndorff
Metka Kosak
Stash Klossowski
Marlon Richards
Jake Weber
Angela Richards
Sandro Sursock
Theda Zawaiza
Kate Moss
Narrated byScarlett Johansson
CinematographyLuca Ciuti
Catherine Derry
Nick Higgins
Bill Kirstein
Will Pugh
Axel Schneppat
Shane Sigler
Edited byAdam Evans
Hannah Vanderlan
Music byWill Bates
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures (United States)
Release date
  • May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)
Running time
1h 53m
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg is a 2024 documentary film about The Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg. The film is based on Pallenberg's unpublished autobiography Black Magic that her children found after her death in 2017; passages from the document are read out in the film by Scarlett Johansson.

Production

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The film is based on an autobiographical manuscript titled Black Magic discovered by Pallenberg's children after her death in 2017.[1][2]

Release and reception

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The film released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 17 2024.[1] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian stated that the film "contains some of the most chilling footage to be seen in any documentary", referring to the recording of Keith Richards performing hours after finding out his and Pallenberg's infant son Tara had died.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bradshaw, Peter (May 15, 2024). "Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg review – rockn'roll 'muse' in the spotlight". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  2. ^ Gates, Marya E. (May 3, 2024). "Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenburg". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
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