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Os Canibais (1988)
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 (the film out-does even Luis Buñuel in that department), and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.
Updated May 28 2020
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Cast
Diogo Dória
Don João
Leonor Silveira
Margarida
Luís Miguel Cintra
Viscount d'Aveleda
José Manuel Mendes
Rogério Samora
Peralta
Cândido Ferreira
Glória de Matos
Glória Matos
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Crew
Paulo Branco
Producer
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Manoel de Oliveira
Editor
Mário Barroso
Cinematography
Júlia Buisel
Continuity
William Flageollet
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joaquim Pinto
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