Alessandro Mercuri, born in 1973, studied philosophy in France and cinema in the United States at Calarts (M.F.A. in live action). He directed the documentary Alien American (2001), portrait of a woman claiming to come from outer space. Film critic Holly Willis in L.A. Weekly said : « Mercuri likes to assert that the video is neither a “fake documentary nor a real fiction”, which neatly summarizes the project’s unsettling view of the dichotomy between the real world and its multiple representations. » He now lives in Paris and works as a creative writer for the communication and film industry. He published in 2008 at the Editions Léo Scheer a literary essay, entitled Kafka Cola sans pitié ni sucre ajouté (without pity nor added sugar). French novellist and art critic Philippe Sollers, wrote in the press : « Who is Alessandro Mercuri ? I do not know. Nevertheless, he just wrote a sparkling little book. Kafka Cola, variations inspired by the famous sentence of former boss of TF1 (French TV channel) : “What we sell to Coca-Cola is available human brain time” What is this new brain substance and where will it lead us ? You’ll see.» // Here's the film version of Kafka Cola.