Luís Miguel Cintra
Viscount d'Aveleda
Movie
The Cannibals
Original title: Os Canibais
1988 1h 35m ★ 7.0/10 TMDB
Drama
Fantasy
Plot
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, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Written by
- João Paes, Manoel de Oliveira
- Production
- Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland
- Release date
- 1988-11-10
Characters and performers
Cast
Leonor Silveira
Margarida
Diogo Dória
Don João
Oliveira Lopes
The Presenter (lago)
Pedro T. da Silva
Niccolo
Joel Costa
Urbano Solar
Rogério Samora
Peralta
Rogério Vieira
The Magistrate
António Loja Neves
The Baron
Luís Madureira
Teresa Côrte-Real
José Manuel Mendes
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