She was immortalised in song by Leonard Cohen and their enduring love affair would last a lifetime.
Now a heart-wrenching documentary explores the complex and unconventional relationship between the charismatic Canadian singer-songwriter and his mysterious Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen.
Cohen fans will be entranced by the moving, funny and tenderly told story, which uses rare footage, new interviews, hydraclubbioknikokex7njhwuahc2l67lfiz7z36md2jvopda7nchid.onion cleverly collaged stills and Cohen's sonorous voice to explore the couple's free-spirited romance and its devastating legacy.
Leonard Cohen with Marianne Ihlen in the Sixties. Cohen fans will be entranced by the tenderly told story, which explores the couple's free-spirited romance
Ihlen met Cohen, then a young, struggling poet, when he arrived on the Greek island of Hydra in April 1960 and fell for the bohemian lifestyle it offered.
Hydra had a hedonistic reputation and was frequented by artists and society figures including Jackie Kennedy and Princess Margaret. There was no shortage of drink or drugs, with LSD and amphetamines proving particularly popular. That September, he bought a cottage in the hills above the tiny port with the proceeds of a small inheritance.
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