Stones in Exile
Director Stephen Kijak
Countries United Kingdom, United States
Duration 61 min
Synopsis
"Rock and roll, drugs, and sex, in that order!" is how Anita Pallenberg, famous ex of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, describes life in the South of France in 1972. Avoiding bankruptcy as tax exiles in France, they are struggling to make an album that will, in time, become regarded as their masterpiece. Holed up in the labyrinthine basements of Keith and Anita’s rented mansion, they battle rising temperatures, drug addiction, theft, and a very wary French police, in a bid to maintain the mantle of Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. We know they succeeded, but how? With a treasure trove of rare and never-beforeseen film ("Cocksucker Blues" from Robert Frank) footage and photos of the period, and new interviews with the band, "Stones in Exile" is the story of the life and times of the Stones as they craft one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time, "Exile on Main Street."
"Rock and roll, drugs, and sex, in that order!" is how Anita Pallenberg, famous ex of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, describes life in the South of France in 1972. Avoiding bankruptcy as tax exiles in France, they are struggling to make an album that will, in time, become regarded as their masterpiece. Holed up in the labyrinthine basements of Keith and Anita’s rented mansion, they battle rising temperatures, drug addiction, theft, and a very wary French police, in a bid to maintain the mantle of Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. We know they succeeded, but how? With a treasure trove of rare and never-beforeseen film ("Cocksucker Blues" from Robert Frank) footage and photos of the period, and new interviews with the band, "Stones in Exile" is the story of the life and times of the Stones as they craft one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time, "Exile on Main Street."