The Cannibals

The Cannibals by Manoel de Oliveira

6.80

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.

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Cast

Luís Miguel Cintra

Luís Miguel Cintra as Viscount d'Aveleda

Leonor Silveira

Leonor Silveira as Margarida

Diogo Dória

Diogo Dória as Don João

Oliveira Lopes

Oliveira Lopes as The Presenter (lago)

Pedro T. da Silva

Pedro T. da Silva as Niccolo

Joel Costa

Joel Costa as Urbano Solar

Rogério Samora

Rogério Samora as Peralta

Rogério Vieira

Rogério Vieira as The Magistrate

António Loja Neves

António Loja Neves as The Baron

Luís Madureira

Luís Madureira as

Teresa Côrte-Real

Teresa Côrte-Real as

José Manuel Mendes

José Manuel Mendes as

Cândido Ferreira

Cândido Ferreira as

Glória de Matos

Glória de Matos as Glória Matos

Sofia Alves

Sofia Alves as Convidada do Conde

Filomena Amaro

Filomena Amaro as Margarida (singing voice)

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