Restored

UK Premiere of 4K Restoration: The Cannibals

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A young woman rebels against the established power in this newly restored widescreen piece, saturated by counterculture aesthetic and Ennio Morricone’s powerful score.

  • Director

    Liliana Cavani

  • With

    Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian

  • Italy 1969. 88min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

The corpses of the opponents of a tyrannical regime fill the streets of Milan – left unburied by the repressive state as a warning to the population. Amid indifference, a modern-day Antigone finds help from an enigmatic stranger to bury her brother. Filmed in the revolutionary climate of post-’68 Milan by a filmmaker who made a profound mark on the history of cinema, this tale of resistance against totalitarianism revisits Greek dramatist Sophocles, resulting in a chillingly relevant and provocative work.

4K restoration conducted by Cinegrell GmbH in Zurich for Locarno Heritage, Minerva Pictures, SND.