The Cannibals (1988)
A Film by Manoel de Oliveira
DVD5 | ISO | PAL 16:9 | Cover | 01:34:39 | 4,19 Gb
Audio: Portuguese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, French, Portuguese
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
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.