Drama · Italy · 1981 · 1h 41m

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Storie di ordinaria follia

Director

Cast

Ben Gazzara as Charles Serking Ornella Muti as Cass Susan Tyrrell as Vera Tanya Lopert as Vicky Roy Brocksmith as Barman Katya Berger as Girl on Beach

Crew

Tonino Delli Colli — Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni — Editor Philippe Sarde — Original Music Composer Marco Ferreri — Writer Sergio Amidei — Writer Charles Bukowski — Writer

Synopsis

Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.

Mood & Themes

beach based on novel or book self-destruction pimp masochism bartender poet surrealism arrest los angeles, california alcoholic typewriter

Key Collaborators

Marco Ferreri Director Tonino Delli Colli Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni Editor Philippe Sarde Original Music Composer Marco Ferreri Writer Sergio Amidei Writer Charles Bukowski Writer Anthony Foutz Writer Jacqueline Ferreri Producer Dante Ferretti Production Design Nicoletta Ercole Costume Design

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