![]() He first came to the island to escape the chill and judgment of his native Montreal, drawn by Hydra's bohemian culture and warm beauty. Ihlen served a similar purpose for Cohen. She gave me lots of encouragement and became a very influential person in my life." ![]() "And Marianne was somebody very beautiful and sensitive who really listened to me. (She also introduced him to acid.) "I was just a lost 20-year-old, starting university, with no idea what I would do with my life," Broomfield says. For a fleeting time, one of hers was Broomfield. She and Cohen always had an open relationship each took many lovers. By the time Broomfield arrived, Cohen had moved to New York, though he and Ihlen maintained a fitful romance for a while. Eight years earlier, she met Cohen on the isle, where they lived together for the next seven. Back in 1968, when he was 20, Broomfield met a then 33-year-old Marianne Ihlen while visiting the Greek Island of Hydra. It helped that the director had a personal connection to the story. ![]() Though Cohen's note became a viral sensation upon its release, only Broomfield's movie reveals the uncommon depth, duration, and drama of a love that lasted decades beyond the time they were together. ![]()
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