Directors Jane Pollard (right) and British director Ian Forsyth (AP)

The Venice Film Festival is re-evaluating the career of British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull through the film “Broken English,” which blends documentary and fiction in an attempt to correct the sometimes distorted public image of the artist.

Jane Pollard, who co-directed the film with British Ian Forsyth, said, “Marianne was a creative artist, but the general impression of her was rigid and entrenched. I think if left to artificial intelligence, the incorrect data about her would remain as is.”

The film is set within the fictional “Ministry of Forgetting” and heavily relies on archival materials, including interviews with journalists who focused on Marianne Faithfull’s rock adventures and drug addiction in 1960s London rather than her creative work.

Before the film’s premiere, Jane Pollard said, “Why is the story set around the Ministry of Forgetting? Well, because there are many artists whose legacy would be distorted if left to AI algorithms.”

Ian Forsyth added, “I hope our film sparks a discussion and starts a process of re-evaluation, whether of Marianne as an artist or how we view female artists specifically in the media, which hasn’t changed much in 50 years.”