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Irina Palm Reviews

2007

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Marianne Faithfull plays Maggie, a widow who is looking desperately for money to pay for lastchance treatment for her dying grandson. While aimlessly wondering the streets of Soho she sees a notice `hostess wanted'; intrigued she enters the club and despite all the odds finds herself a new career to raise the money needed. Read more

Starring	Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Siobhan Hewlett
Director	Sam Garbarski
Genres	Drama

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- Sexual debasement is the price of social normality in the London-set âIrina Palmâ, which blends a queasy hybrid of... read more on Time Out
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  Low on budget, sky high on drama!
  
  Marianne Faithfull gives a truly outstanding performance in what must be her first starring role; her portrayal of Maggie is excellent, a lot of which is down ... read more »
  
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  Atrocious dialogue!
  
  Felt like a student film. Nice idea (although a bit twee), great music and nice acting, completely let down by a rubbish script. Actors really struggled to ... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 10 Oct 2010 at 20:41
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  Irina Palm
  
  loved this film
  
  great story begins where other stories end very often
  
  Irina in her age and beauty risking the lost of respect does all she... read more »
  
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  - london zone 1-3
  - 08 Aug 2010 at 12:30
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  A smashing film
  
  What a nice surprise, I wanted to see this movie since I saw an interview about the film, with Marianne Faithfull, but never got round to it and saw it on DVD ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 12 Feb 2010 at 13:42
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  Irena Palm
  
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  A very good film. Marianne Faithful plays the part wonderfully without hardly saying a word.
  
  Do I know any women that would do the same as Irena - ... read more »
  
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  - Lowestoft
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 08:31
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  Bland
  
  A good idea but a badly observed film with 2D characters, a predictable plot and terrible acting.
  
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  - London
  - 10 Jan 2010 at 21:52
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  Good
  
  I thought this was well acted, especially kevin bacon and the script was good. it could have been improved if they did more of soho culture
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Dec 2009 at 23:18
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  Irina Palm
  
  Disappointing low budget film
  
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  - 02 Nov 2009 at 18:15
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  Irina Palm
  
  Well acted and filmed. Would have been another 'Calendar Girls' if the subject matter had not been what it was with Julie Walters being the leading ... read more »
  
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- - BanksA
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  - 06 Sep 2009 at 16:36
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  Disappointing
  
  Hmm, an interesting concept & plot, but (despite award nominations) I'm sorry to say that the acting was poor. Shame, as I quite like understated films... read more »
  
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- - LehcarSnave
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  - Gerrards Cross
  - 05 Sep 2009 at 12:29
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  Glum...
  
  It's not Girl on a Motorcycle, that's for sure! Other reviews have laid out the plot. M Faithfull does frumpy and middle-aged just fine, and she brings ... read more »
  
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  Low on budget, sky high on drama!
  
  Marianne Faithfull gives a truly outstanding performance in what must be her first starring role; her portrayal of Maggie is excellent, a lot of which is down ... read more »
  
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  - 22 Sep 2008 at 12:58
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  irina palm
  
  loved this,sad and funny film,made me laugh out loud in places
  
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  - Poole
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 10:32
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  Irina Palm
  
  This film should have just been called 'A Load of W**k' because it really is a load of utter w**k!
  
  The story is basically about an old dinner... read more »
  
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  - BASILDON, ESSEX
  - 28 Dec 2008 at 21:04
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  Buy it for your enemies Xmas
  
  The worst film I have ever had to experience, Dont even think about it, Step away from the keyboard DO NOT ORDER, Sick not even in an enjoyable way!!!
  
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  - 16 Dec 2008 at 21:22
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  worth watching
  
  Not a bad performance from Marianne Faithfull. The film is a bit simplistic but the story jogs along quite nicely.
  
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  - Bingley
  - 11 Dec 2008 at 16:19
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  Well worth watching!
  
  Well worth watching! It might not be the most in-depth study of the porno industry in Soho, but it still manages to convey the sordid atmosphere, the solitude ... read more »
  
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  - Watford
  - 06 Jan 2009 at 11:11
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  should be an 18
  
  OK maybe Im a bit of a prude but I didnt like this film at all. The idea was good and the acting, (from what I saw) was good BUT there really wasnt need to be ... read more »
  
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  - Darwen
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 20:55
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  Hand Job
  
  Despite the bizarre and unsavoury sounding premise, this is a gentle and quite uplifting film about a 'middle aged frump', as she calls herself, taken ... read more »
  
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  - Cirencester, England
  - 29 Jan 2009 at 20:22
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  Irina Palm
  
  Disappointing low budget film
  
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  - 02 Nov 2009 at 18:15
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  A smashing film
  
  What a nice surprise, I wanted to see this movie since I saw an interview about the film, with Marianne Faithfull, but never got round to it and saw it on DVD ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Feb 2010 at 13:42

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- Irina Palm
  
  Marianne Faithfull plays Maggie, a widow who is looking desperately for money to pay for last
  chance treatment for her dying grandson. While aimlessly wondering the streets of Soho she sees a notice `hostess wanted'; intrigued she enters the club and despite all the odds finds herself a new ...