The Cannibals ( Os Canibais ) ( Die Kannibalen (Les cannibales) )

The Cannibals (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Os Canibais
Alternate Title: Die Kannibalen (Les cannibales)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Manoel de Oliveira

Written By:
Álvaro Carvalhal
Manoel de Oliveira

Actors:
Luís Miguel Cintra ..... Viscount d'Aveleda
Leonor Silveira ..... Margarida
Diogo Dória ..... Don João
Oliveira Lopes ..... Niccolo
Pedro T. da Silva ..... Peralta
Joel Costa ..... Margarida (singing voice)
Rogério Samora
Rogério Vieira
António Loja Neves
Luís Madureira
Teresa Côrte-Real
José Manuel Mendes
Cândido Ferreira
Glória de Matos
Filomena Amaro

Synopsis:

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 (the film out-does even Luis Buñuel in that department), and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.

A ball is held after the wedding of Marguerite and the Viscount d'Aveleda. When the couple retire to bed, the Viscount reveals that all his limbs are artificial, and asks Marguerite if she still loves him.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 10 January, 2012.

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