I cannibali
Appearance
I cannibali | |
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Directed by | Liliana Cavani |
Screenplay by | Italo Moscati Liliana Cavani |
Story by | Liliana Cavani |
Based on | Antigone bySophocles |
Produced by | Enzo Doria Bino Cicogna |
Starring | Pierre Clémenti Britt Ekland Tomas Milian Delia Boccardo Marino Masé Francesco Leonetti |
Cinematography | Giulio Albonico |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production company | Doria-San Marco Film |
Distributed by | Euro International Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
I cannibali,English titleThe CannibalsorThe Year of the Cannibals,is a 1970 Italiandrama filmdirected byLiliana Cavaniand starringBritt Ekland,Pierre Clémenti,andTomas Milian.[1]It is a modernized retelling of the Greek tragedyAntigone,set in contemporaryMilanand drawing upon socio-political themes and imagery of the time, including theprotests of 1968,thecounter-cultural movement,and theYears of Lead.[2][3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Britt EklandasAntigone
- Pierre ClémentiasTiresia
- Tomas MilianasEmone
- Delia BoccardoasIsmene
- Marino Maséas Ismene's Fiancé
- Francesco Leonettias the Prime Minister
- Alessandro Cane as the Security Minister
- Cora Mazzoni asAntigone’s Mother
- Francesco Arminio asAntigone’s Father
- Giampiero Frondini asTelevision Speaker
Release
[edit]I cannibaliwas screened in theDirectors' Fortnightsection of the1970 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
A restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray byKino Lorberin 2014.[6]
Soundtrack
[edit]A complete limited edition of the soundtrack has been released on vinyl by Spikerot Records in 2019.
References
[edit]- ^Elkan Allan.A Guide to world cinema.Whittet Books in association with the British Film Institute, 1985.
- ^Luigi Ballerini.La lotta con Proteo.Cadmo, 2000.
- ^Paola Tallarigo; Luca Gasparini; Primo Goldoni.Lo Sguardo libero: il cinema di Liliana Cavani.La Casa Usher, 1990.
- ^Hoberman, J. (2014-01-31)."Reissuing an Italian Renaissance".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2021-11-08.
- ^Jean A. Gili; Aldo Tassone.Parigi-Roma: 50 anni di coproduzioni italo-francesi (1945-1995).Il castoro, 1995.
- ^"Raro Video to release".Retrieved23 September2015.