Anatomy of Failure

Anatomy of Failure (2008)

DocumentaryDrama

Carlos Castaneda, sixties author and ‘celebrated godfather of New Age’ died in his Los Angeles home in 1998. Five women forming his ‘harem’ disappeared within days. In 2004, bones are found at the edge of Death Valley belonging to one of the disappeared women. In a series of Californian road trips, filmmaker Minou Norouzi reflects on what the women’s obsession with Castaneda may have been and begins to wonder if her own life isn’t mirroring theirs. She meets a concoction of Castaneda associates who are all invested in telling her about Castaneda, whilst the story of the women remains in shadow.

Director: Minou Norouzi

Casts

	Amy Wallace as
	Richard Jennings as
	Norman M. Klein as
	Gabi Geuter as
	Greg Mamishian as
	Deborah Kaufmann as
	Luis Marquès as
	Melissa Ward as
	Diana Alstad as

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