The Year of the Cannibals (1969)
Original title: I cannibali
The Year of the Cannibals is a 1969 Italian-language drama movie directed by Liliana Cavani, with a running time of 1h 28m. It stars Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti and Tomas Milian.
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
- Britt Ekland as Antigone
- Pierre Clémenti as Tiresia
- Tomas Milian as Emone
- Delia Boccardo as Ismene
- Marino Masé as Ismene's Fiancé
- Francesco Leonetti as Prime Minister
- Alfredo Bianchini
- Alessandro Cane as National Security Commissioner
- Cora Mazzoni as Antigone's Mother
- Francesco Arminio as Antigone's Father
- Giampiero Frondini as Anchorman #1
- Sergio Serafini as Military Interrogator