The Year of the Cannibals (1970)
1h 28m
Running Time
April 25, 1970Release Date
The Year of the Cannibals (1970)
1h 28m
Running Time
April 25, 1970Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.
Britt Ekland
Antigone
Pierre Clémenti
Tiresia
Tomas Milian
Emone
Delia Boccardo
Ismene
Marino Masé
Ismene's Fiancé
Francesco Leonetti
Prime Minister
Alfredo Bianchini
Actor
Sophocles
Writer
Alessandro Cane
Commissaire de la Sûreté Nationale
Cora Mazzoni
Antigone's mother
Francesco Arminio
Antigone's father
Liliana Cavani
Director
Gabriella Pescucci
Assistant Costume Designer
Italo Moscati
Writer
Bino Cicogna
Producer
Enzo Doria
Producer
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Wiki.
I cannibali (English: "The Cannibals", also released as The Year of the Cannibals) is 1970 Italian drama film directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, and Tomas Milian. It is a modernized retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, set in contemporary Milan and drawing upon socio-political themes and imagery of the time, including the protests of 1968, the counter-cultural movement, and the Years of Lead. The film competed in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 23rd Cannes Film Festival.