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The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

1h 28m

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The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

Name: The Year of the Cannibals
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-04-25

1h 28m

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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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Release Date
April 25, 1970

Original Name
I cannibali

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 28m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

symbolism

fascism

brother

based on play or musical

death

milan city

Wiki.

I cannibali, English title The Cannibals or The Year of the Cannibals, is a 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.