Thursday, April 3, 2014

I Cannibali (1970)



Euro International Films
Directed by Liliana Cavani
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Raro Video)

Bodies litter the streets of Milan and the government has forbidden anyone to move them. A young woman named Antigone (Britt Ekland) breaks the law by moving the body of her brother, with the help of a stranger who goes by the names Fish, Mowgli and Tiresia. Soon, Antigone and Tiresia are picking up more bodies, running through the streets naked and eventually getting arrested. Antigone's old boyfriend, who also happens to be the son of the prime minister, tries to help, but he is put in an insane asylum when he starts to believe he is an animal. Antigone is beaten up but eventually released, only to have another encounter with the police on the streets. Dated and with symbolism that is just too obvious, still, spending an hour and a half with Britt is not all bad.

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