Anatomy of Failure

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 womens obsession with Castaneda may have been and begins to wonder if her own life isnt 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