The Year of the Cannibals

The Year of the Cannibals (1969)

GP 30 Apr 1970 • Drama • 1h 28m
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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.

Liliana Cavani
Director
Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati, Sophocles
Writer
Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian
Starring

Language: Italian
Awards:
Country: Italy
Metacritic Score:
DVD Release Date: 03 Dec 2018
Box Office Total:

6.4

IMDb (495 votes)
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