Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
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Directed by	Alexis Bloom Svetlana Zill
Based on	Black Magic
Produced by	Charlie Corwin
Starring	Anita Pallenberg Volker Schlöndorff Metka Kosak Stash Klossowski Marlon Richards Jake Weber Angela Richards Sandro Sursock Theda Zawaiza Kate Moss
Narrated by	Scarlett Johansson
Cinematography	Luca Ciuti Catherine Derry Nick Higgins Bill Kirstein Will Pugh Axel Schneppat Shane Sigler
Edited by	Adam Evans Hannah Vanderlan
Music by	Will Bates
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures (United States)
Release dates	May 22, 2023 (2023-05-22) (Cannes) May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$41,633

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg is a 2023 American 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 The film is based on Pallenberg's unpublished autobiography Black Magic that her children found after her death in 2017; passages from the document are read out in the film by Scarlett Johansson.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

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

Release

The film released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 17 May 2024.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 33 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

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.

External links

• Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg at IMDb