Tales of Ordinary Madness

★★★★★

Original title: Storie di ordinaria follia · Turkish title: Sıradan Delilik Öyküleri

1981 · 1 h 41 min

Directed by Marco Ferreri

Drama

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Cast

Ben Gazzara Ornella Muti

Credits

Written by: Marco Ferreri

Plot

A poet in Los Angeles; after Bukowski.

Sinekatalog’s take

Marco Ferreri's drama, after Bukowski, follows a drunken Los Angeles poet through brawls, women and despair. Ben Gazzara is raw and funny in a squalid, bleak, darkly comic portrait of a wasted life.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (3,389 votes)
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