Amy Winehouse’s parents Mitch and Janis made a red carpet appearance as they attended the world premiere of Back To Black in London on Monday.
The controversial film tells the life their talented daughter (played by actress Marissa Abela) who tragically died from alcohol poisoning aged just 27 in 2011.
The couple, who also share son Alex and divorced in 1993 when Amy was nine, put on a united front and flashed smiles while gracing the red carpet.
Mitch, 73, who is portrayed by Eddie Marsan in the movie, cut a dapped figure in a smart black suit which he wore with a white shirt and tie.
Meanwhile Janis, 69, who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, looked lovely in a floral dress as she walked with the help of a frame and headed into the cinema to see herself be played on the big screen by Juliet Cowan.
Amy Winehouse’s parents Mitch and Janis made a red carpet appearance as they attended the world premiere of Back To Black in London on Monday
The couple, who also share son Alex and divorced in 1993 when Amy was nine, put on a united front while gracing the red carpet.
The controversial film tells the life their talented daughter who tragically died from alcohol poisoning aged just 27 in 2011 (pictured with Amy in 2008)
Mitch and Janis split after he began an affair with colleague Jane, a woman he would go on to marry in 1996, before splitting last year following the strain of losing Amy.
During the dalliance Mitch made no real effort to disguise his feelings for Jane and brazenly brought her home on Friday nights for Jewish family suppers.
Eventually Janis had enough and took put Amy and Alex into her car and drove to Janes’ flat to confront the lovers.
Despite their messy split Janis has since forgiven Mitch and they have remained bonded by their desperate quest to save their daughter from her addictions. ‘None of us are perfect’, Mitch said.
‘Jane was so even tempered, as was Janis. They need to be with me – I’m a Sagittarian tiger! Actually, we get on better.
‘We are all still friends and all still running the [Amy Winehouse] Foundation together.’
The biopic has drawn outrage from pals, with musician Neon Hitch, branding the film ‘ridiculous’ and ‘tasteless’, saying: ‘I feel very strange. Can you please all let Amy rest?’
Last year friends of Amy voiced their fury with her father, after he allowed ghoulish scenes of her drugs overdose to be filmed at her old flat for the film.
Mitch wore a smart suit while Janis looked lovely in a floral dress
Mitch and Janis (L) are played by actors Eddie Marsan and Juliet Cowan (right) in the film
Amy is played by actress Marisa Abela
Mitch and Janis split after he began an affair with colleague Jane (pictured with Mitach in 2013) a woman he would go on to marry in 1996, before splitting last year following the strain of losing Amy
Despite the break up Janis has since forgiven Mitch and they have remained bonded by their desperate quest to save their daughter from her addictions. ‘None of us are perfect’, Mitch said (Janis and Amy pictured in 2008)
Actress Marisa was seen on a stretcher with an oxygen mask as she leaves the property in North London.
The flat is now owned by Mitch who also features in the scene alongside other actors playing paramedics.
Friends of the singer were devastated that Mitch had given his permission for the flat in Camden to be used to recreate one of his daughter’s darkest moments, which took place in August 2008.
It followed a reported 36-hour marathon drug-taking session, which ended with her checking in to the £10,000-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation centre on Osea Island, Essex.
One told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The fact that Amy’s father has said OK to a scene where she had an overdose in the flat she lived in is disgusting.
Last year friends of Amy voiced their fury with her father , after he allowed ghoulish scenes of her drugs overdose to be filmed at her old flat for the film (Mitch and Amy pictured 2008)
Actress Marisa was seen on a stretcher with an oxygen mask as she leaves the property in North London
It followed a reported 36-hour marathon drug-taking session, which ended with her checking in to the £10,000-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation centre on Osea Island, Essex
Friends of the singer were devastated that Mitch had given his permission for the flat in Camden to be used to recreate one of his daughter’s darkest moments, which took place in August 2008 (Mitch pictured)
‘His behaviour is shocking. He didn’t know what went on or what she was like with us all during those years.
‘Amy would really hate that they’re focusing on all the dark stuff that she went through.’
Ms Winehouse lived in the property following the release of her Back To Black album and friends say that she enjoyed happy times there.
One pal said: ‘There was always music and laughter. That’s who Amy was. She was so loving and was so fun to be around.’
Amy lived at the flat until 2010, when she bought a four-storey house nearby, it was later confirmed she died of alcohol poisoning.
Amy allowed a friend to live at the flat after she moved out, but after she died, her father took control of it.
