"Trifling WIth Fate" was first shown to the
public as a work-in-progress at the
Avignon/NY FilmFestival in late April,
2000. Its world premiere took place at
the Avignon Film Festival in Avignon,
France on June 26, 2000.
Read the review in "Variety."

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PRINCIPAL CREDITS

Written, directed and photographed by
Michael Bergmann

Produced by Michael Bergmann,

Lexi Robertson and Sarah Winkler

Edited by Ardythe Ashley and
Michael Bergmann

Production Designed by Meredith Bergmann

Original Music by Doug Scofield
(CD availableon Amazon.com)

Costumes by Alicia Mugetti

Art Director: Sarah Baker

Line Producer: Jenifer DeWolf Paine

Production Audio: Jeff Dickson

Postproduction Audio: Ernst Albert,
ERX Productions, Greenwich, CT.

Assistant Director: Nina Schmir


PRINCIPAL CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Irony...Ardythe Ashley
Fortune...Vivienne Benesch
Requiem Composer...Chris Brandt
Cause and Effect...Robin Dorian
Fate...Ryan Dunn
Cedric....Gordon Elliott
Karen.....Kat Gang
Time...Rob Gerlach
Walter Skritcher...Jason Butler Harner
Boredom....Michael Hayward-Jones
Bookstore Victim...James Knowles
Allissandra......Teri Lamm
Lionel...Simon Leopold
Hobart...Michael McKenzie
Modern Mom...Edelen McWilliams
Fame...Bridget Moynahan
Manicurist...Jenifer deWolf Paine
Man smiled on by Fortune...Enrique Rodriguez
Ariane...Claude Saint Antoine
Mistake...Mark Schwartz
Bookstore Owner...Simone Sternberg
Jonas.....Charles Tuthill
John.....Ed Vassallo
Zoë.....Sarah Winkler
Corinna....Beth Zetlin