In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg's Blue Coast villa, and by June the band is in the basement a few days at a time. Upstairs, heroin, bourbon, and visitors are everywhere. The Stones, other musicians and crew, Pallenberg, and photographer Dominique Tarle, plus old clips and photos and contemporary footage, provide commentary on the album's haphazard construction. By September, the villa is empty; Richards and Jagger complete production in LA. "Exile on Main Street" is released to mediocre reviews that soon give way to lionization.
Mick Jagger
as Self
Keith Richards
as Self
Mick Taylor
as Self
Bill Wyman
as Self
Charlie Watts
as Self
Benicio del Toro
as Self
Sheryl Crow
as Self
Jack White
as Self
Martin Scorsese
as Self
Ashli Haynes
as Self
Caleb Followill
as Self
Marshall Chess
as Self
