Cannibals, The
Os Canibais · dir. Manoel de Oliveira
France, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Federal Republic of Germany 1988, 98’
Screenings
20 October, 13:00 · Od Nowa – large hall
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. 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...
| Director: | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Screenplay: | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Music: | João Paes |
| Cinematography: | Mário Barroso |
| Editing: | Manoel de Oliveira, Sabine Franel |
| Cast: | Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Oliveira Lopes |
| Awards: | MFF w Cannes / Cannes IFF – nominacja do Złotej Palmy / Nominated: Palme d'Or (1988); MFF w São Paulo / São Paulo IFF – specjalna Nagroda Krytyków / Critics Special Award (1988) |
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