Diary of a Sane Man

The story

Sara is led by her grandfather through the mise-en-scene of a film being shot in ltaly. The landscape in which they walk is the film's plot, masquerading as a state of mind, Its sub-plot woven in with a selection of Bach's Goldberg Variations. The young girl sights Venus strolling through these landscapes, an ‘agent provocateur’ from the country of myth. A filmmaker, In whose imagination this plot is unraveling, approaches a group of producers to fund his film "Aphrodite". The film begins to shift back and forth between archaic and modern notions of myth, highlighting the distinctions between myth and story and the relationships between history and biography.

Cast & crew

Micha BergeseThe Sane Man

Julia Langley

Julia LangleyAntonin Artaud

Sara Donadoni

Sara Donadonigrandchild

Charles Shuts

Charles Shutsgrandfather

Gad Hollander

Gad Hollanderfilm-maker

Monty Ray Garrison

Monty Ray Garrisonpoet

Raffaella Monti

Raffaella MontiVenus/Aphrodite

Antonio Celiento

Antonio CelientoAdonis

Carla Fioravanti

Carla FioravantiFortune Teller

David L Hirst

David L Hirstfarmer's voice

Ian Hinchliffe

Ian Hinchliffestudio chef

Lol Coxhillfat producer