An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
Director:
Nick Broomfield
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Nick Broomfield | ... | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
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Marianne Ihlen | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Leonard Cohen | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Nancy Bacal | ... | Self - Childhood Friend (voice) |
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Jeffrey Brown | ... | Self - Axel's Childhood Friend (voice) |
| Judy Collins | ... | Self | |
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Ron Cornelius | ... | Self - Guitarist |
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Billy Donovan | ... | Self - Road Manager |
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Julie Felix | ... | Self |
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Helle Goldman | ... | Self - Marianne's Friend and Biographer |
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Aviva Layton | ... | Self - 'Married' to Irving Layton for 20 Years |
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Irving Layton | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| John Lissauer | ... | Self - Produced 9 of Leonard's Albums | |
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Don Lowe | ... | Self - Writer |
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Marty Machat | ... | Self - Leonard's Manager (archive footage) |
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An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
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singing in a car | singing on a bus | rock musician | poet | canadian abroad |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some drug material, sexual references and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
5 July 2019 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$44,942, 7 July 2019Gross USA:
$1,012,034Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Wish this documentary on the complicated life of Leonard Cohen and his lifelong relationship (in varying forms over the years) with Marianne Ihlen had delved a little deeper and wasn't so surfacy. I did get a sense of who Leonard Cohen was but not a sense of how he transferred his poetic genius from his mind into his music or poetry, and how exactly Ihlen inspired him for some of his most celebrated songs.
Overall, I did learn quite a lot about Cohen's life here, but felt the documentary was too laid back, even lackluster at times, and failed to bring the vividness of it all together cohesively.