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 The film is based on Pallenberg's unpublished autobiography Black Magic that her children found after her death in 2017; passages from the document are read out in the film by Scarlett Johansson.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.
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