Salami Asylum

Salami Asylum is a feature length film shot on location in Paris and exploring the fine line between what is deemed normal and what an aberration. Who is in, who is out and who is inside indefinitely? As borders go up all over the world and rights for the marginalized are torn down we believe this topic could not be more timely. We are proud to work with a highly diverse team - a dozen nationalities, age span from 18 to 80 and folks who have first hand experience of mental health institutions - and proud to be shooting in the international city of Paris!

The Salami Asylum

In the Salami Asylum

it’s electrodes à gogo and Château d’Yquem

it’s Thorazine spritzers, Betelgeuse

and a cardboard kidney dish of phlegm

In the Salami Asylum

there’s a stick thin Austrian nurse

who spends her time reminding you

that things can always get worse

She takes away your power

and keeps it safe with your will

at the top of a crystalline tower

on a five-and-a-half inch windowsill

In the Salami Asylum

the inmates are all doing life

there’s a donor who’s friends with the owner

and got a cut rate for his wife

She protested at first when he sent her

but to see her you never would guess

she seems so happy I almost resent her

her childlike guilelessness

In the Salami Asylum

you’ll revert to the mean or the norm

the food is the color of entropy

and the rooms are hermetically warm

In the Salami Asylum

everything is swell

Pfizer sponsors loneliness

and GlaxoSmithKline hell

Financial

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RUFO QUINTAVALLE

Rufo is a poet and an actor who grew up in London and now lives in Paris. You can see him in God Save The Tuche and The Passengers of the Night. He is the author of a dozen books of poetry and his poem, The Salami Asylum, was the original inspiration for the film. He plays Seamus Miles, aka The Caretaker.

SHARON MANN

Sharon is an American actress living and working in Paris. You can see her in Monsieur Aznavour, Call My Agent and Emily in Paris. In Salami Asylum she will be playing Mrs Evelyn Gailor, a longtime resident of the asylum, and wife of The Donor.

BRUCE EDWARD SHERFIELD

Bruce is an American director, musician and voice artist who grew up all over the world and now calls Paris home. He will be directing Salami Asylum; check out his most recent film, I Love Paris, shot last year with the same core team.

I Love Paris

TOMAS SMITH

Tomas is a Franco-Chilean cinematographer and will be our Director of Photography. He has frequently collaborated with both Bruce and Rufo and was DOP on I Love Paris.

ANNIINA LEHTINEN

Anniina is from Finland and lives in Paris. She will be composing an original score for the film. Listen to her haunting piano playing on the title track, The Salami Asylum, which is available on all streaming platforms.

Check out the title track here

DAVID MCKEARY

Originally from Guernsey, David has lived in Paris for many years. After a spell working at the legendary bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, David took a step back to focus on his other passion, cinema and set design.

KATE MCCRICKARD

Kate is a British artist and a long-time Paris resident. Her work has been exhibited all over the world and we are honoured that she will be providing original artwork for our film. Merci Kate!

https://www.katemccrickard.com