Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century – review

Pete Doherty's performance as a philosophising dandy is as catastrophic as the rest of this insufferable filmThere is a long and noble British tradition of musicians becoming absolutely godawful actors. Gary Kemp gave it his best shot; Sting outdid himself. Pete Doherty, however, breaks the mould. His performance as a shambling yet sensitive libertine (geddit?) in Sylvie Verheyde's adaptation of the Alfred de Musset novel is catastrophic. Still, that does mean it's tonally of a piece with the re...

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