Status
Released
Release
2020
Runtime
1h 46m
Broken Poet is a compelling investigation into the meaning of success, rock stardom and even freedom itself which, as Janis Joplin sang, is just another word for nothing left to lose.
7 Cast Members
Elliott Murphy
Jake Lion
Joana Preiss
Meg
Marisa Berenson
Kathy Madison
Françoise Viallon
Christine
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce
Patti Scialfa
Patti
Susan Brickell
Susan Philips
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