Marianne Faithfull plays it against type in 'Irina Palm'

MARIANNE Faithfull has lived many lives and barely survived some of them. Plucked from a crowded party in 1964 by the Rolling Stones' manager, who called her an angel with a robust physique, she hit the pop charts with a dulcet version of the Stones' "As Tears Go By" and soon thereafter entered into a very public relationship with Mick Jagger. In the years that followed, she played many parts: muse, junkie, trailblazer, icon. In "Irina Palm," Faithfull tries a new and unexpected role: prude.

By Sam Adams

March 30, 2008