Amy

Amy

2015 · 128 min · EN · R · 7.6 (1,120 votes)
Dir. Asif Kapadia · Starring Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Pete Doherty, Juliette Ashby, Yasiin Bey · Music Antonio Pinto

The girl behind the name.

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A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

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This film is a deeply melancholic and raw journey into a life tragically cut short. It feels like an intimate, unflinching portrait, steadily unfolding a poignant story of immense talent battling overwhelming personal demons. The experience is heartbreaking, leaving a lasting impression of what was lost.

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