Marianne Faithfull and hand-jobs? Isn’t that a bit… disquieting, especially at her age and eminence? A kind of Lars Trier-Michael Haneke-Lite, German-born Belgian director Sam Garbarski’s five-production-nation “Irina Palm” situates the game, once-gamine Faithful at a glory hole at Sex World in London’s Soho, her character demonstrating her love for a life-endangered grandson by earning money while the risk of getting “penis elbow.” A comedy to laugh at and easily forgettable, far, far from being a “Calendar Girls” or “Full Monty,” unlike the blunt lyrics to Faithfull’s perhaps best-known song, “Why’d ya do it, she said, why’d you let that trash get a hold of your cock, get stoned on my hash? Why’d ya do it she said, why’d you let her suck your cock? … Why’d ya do it, she said, why’d you spit on my snatch? Are we out of love now; is this just a bad patch? Why’d ya do it, she said, why’d you do what you did? Why’d ya do it, she screamed, after all we’ve said, every time I see your dick I see her cunt in my bed.” Poor baby. 103m. (Ray Pride)
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