I AM A SEX ADDICT
I Am a Sex Addict
Caveh Zahedi, 2005
Catalog No.: FTF-119
Length: 99 minutes
On the eve of his third marriage, Caveh Zahedi tells the story of how his attraction to prostitutes and his compulsive honesty combined to destroy each of his past relationships. The genre-bending mix of camera address, re-enactment, and home movie footage make for a strikingly funny and original film.
Directed by Caveh Zahedi
Written by Caveh Zahedi
Cinematography by Greg Watkins
Featuring: Caveh Zahedi, Rebbeca Lord
Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Tribeca Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Rio De Janeiro Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival
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PRESS
“It just might be the truest film about addiction, of any kind, that has ever been made.”
-Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
“Caveh Zahedi's essay on promiscuity refracts his obsession with prostitutes through a kaleidoscope of comedy, confession, memoir and exorcism.”
-Nathan Lee, New York Times
“Zahedi demonstrates that he's a diary-film maker who can transcend confession — and its lurid cousin, exhibitionism, too.”
-Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
“A funny, inventive, ground-shifting hybrid of essay film, mea culpa, and pathological real-life romantic farce.”
-Jim Ridley, Village Voice
“It's undeniable appeal lies in shocking frankness shackled to irony, a combo that should attract indie lovers with psychoanalytic leanings and droll senses of humor.”
-Deborah Young, Variety