The Year of the Cannibals

The Year of the Cannibals

1970 · 88 min · IT · 5.6 (21 votes)
Dir. Liliana Cavani · Starring Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian, Delia Boccardo, Marino Masé, Francesco Leonetti · Music Ennio Morricone
Drama

On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law enacted by a repressive State. But the young Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, violates this rule in the name of pietas, undermining the established order.

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A chilling, allegorical descent into a society choked by authoritarianism. It feels like a suffocating, rain-slicked urban nightmare where hope is a forbidden act. The weight of the state presses down, making every breath a struggle.

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