The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

Review: The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

Director: Liliana Cavani

Cast: Britt Ekland, Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Delia Boccardo, Marino Masé,

Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland
Tomas Milian
Tomas Milian
Pierre Clémenti
Pierre Clémenti
Delia Boccardo
Delia Boccardo
Marino Masé
Marino Masé

Plot: 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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Recent Viewing: April and May, part one

Recent Viewing: April and May, part one

Once again, I’ve fallen way behind in commenting on the movies I’ve been watching: ’60s political agitprop, mind-bending time travel, demonic possession, cheesy B monster movies, Cold War submarines and futuristic trains […]

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