The Cannibals
Os Canibais
Rating: 7 · 1988 · Drama, Fantasy · France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland · 1 ч 35 мин
Description
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes. Musically, it ranges from 19th-century romanticism to popular, modernist and even "post-modernist" styles. In the initially tame story, a host-narrator tells the story of a wedding between the two lovebirds: Viscount d'Aveleda and the beautiful Marguerite. However, what happens in the bridal chamber is incredibly bizarre. The events after that are even stranger, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.
Information
- Original title
- Os Canibais
- Year
- 1988
- Genre
- Drama, Fantasy
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1 ч 35 мин
- TMDB
- 7
- IMDb
- 7
- Tagline
- A drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society.
Director
Cast
- Luís Miguel Cintra — Viscount d'Aveleda
- Leonor Silveira — Margarida
- Diogo Dória — Don João
- Oliveira Lopes — The Presenter (lago)
- Pedro T. da Silva — Niccolo
- Joel Costa — Urbano Solar
- Rogério Samora — Peralta
- Rogério Vieira — The Magistrate
- António Loja Neves — The Baron
- Luís Madureira
- Teresa Côrte-Real
- José Manuel Mendes
- Cândido Ferreira
- Glória de Matos — Glória Matos
- Sofia Alves — Convidada do Conde
- Filomena Amaro — Margarida (singing voice)