The Year of the Cannibals (1969)
I cannibali
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.
- Date of release
- 1969-08-23
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Liliana Cavani
Casting
- Britt Ekland — Antigone
- Pierre Clémenti — Tiresia
- Tomas Milian — Emone
- Delia Boccardo — Ismene
- Marino Masé — Ismene's Fiancé
- Francesco Leonetti — Prime Minister
- Alfredo Bianchini
- Alessandro Cane — National Security Commissioner
- Cora Mazzoni — Antigone's Mother
- Francesco Arminio — Antigone's Father
- Giampiero Frondini — Anchorman #1
- Sergio Serafini — Military Interrogator
Interesting facts
- Based on: Antigone
The Year of the Cannibals is a 1969 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.
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