THE YEAR OF THE CANNIBALS
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 |