The Year of the Cannibals

The Year of the Cannibals

5.5

Apr 25 1970

1h 28m

Drama

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.

Britt Ekland

Britt Ekland

Antigone

Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian

Emone

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti

Tiresia

Delia Boccardo

Delia Boccardo

Ismene

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