Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Directed by Marco Ferreri

Produced by 23 Giugno, Ginis Films

1981101 min6.0 / 10

A bleak, surreal descent into self-destruction and depravity that uses a poet's alcoholic spiral to explore the darker impulses of human desire and meaning.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tales of Ordinary Madness sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does Tales of Ordinary Madness end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Tales of Ordinary Madness easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Tales of Ordinary Madness scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Tales of Ordinary Madness violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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44/ 100

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