
Iftheastonishingtrue-lifestoryofBritishwriterandpoetMickyBurnMChadbeenwrittenasanovel,readerswouldreadilyacceptitasinvented.BorninMayfairin1912,hisfatherworkedfortheRoyalfamily.HebecametheloverofthecommunistspyGuyBurgess,andwouldinitiallybetakeninbyNazism,expressinganadmirationforHitler.In1942,hetookpartinadaringcommandoassaultonthefortifiedFrenchportofStNazaire,wherehewascaptured,andheendedthewaraPOWinColditz.HewouldlatterlybecomeacommittedMarxistandbecreditedwithsavingthelifeofAudreyHepburn.AmericandirectorGregOlliver,whohaspreviouslydocumentedthelifeofrockstarLemmy,startedmakingthisfilmin2008,revisitingsignificanteventsandplacesinBurn’slife.Burnispresentedhereasacandidandwittyraconteur,withasharpmindandvividrecollections.Hediedin2010,whichleavesTurnedTowardstheSunasafittingeulogytoaremarkablefigure.