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THE YEAR OF THE CANNIBALS

by Liliana Cavani

synopsis

The streets of a big city are full of dead bodies but people seem not to notice and pass by indifferently. At the behest of the authorities, the bodies of those citizens who were killed because the rebels should serve as a warning. Antigone wants to bury her brother. A young foreigner who speaks a foreign language and will offer his cooperation. Together, they try to bury the dead, but are discovered and killed. However, the example of the two is followed by other young people who take to the streets to continue to bury the corpses, again defying the authorities.

original title: I cannibali
country: Italy
year: 1970
genre: fiction
directed by: Liliana Cavani
film run: 88'
release date: IT 25/04/1970, FR 05/1970, FI 25/02/1972, NL 04/12/1980
screenplay: Italo Moscati, Liliana Cavani
cast: Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian, Delia Boccardo, Marino Masé, Francesco Leonetti, Alfredo Bianchini, Alessandro Cane, Giampiero Frondini, Sergio Serafini, Giancarlo Caio, Carla Cassola, Massimo Castri
cinematography by: Giulio Albonico
film editing: Nino Baragli
art director: Ezio Frigerio
costumes designer: Ezio Frigerio
music: Ennio Morricone
producer: Bino Cicogna, Enzo Doria

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