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10 November 1988 (Portugal) morePlot:
A drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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2 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Opera as perhaps Bunuel would have liked it... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Luís Miguel Cintra | ... | Viscount d'Aveleda |
| Leonor Silveira | ... | Margarida |
| Diogo Dória | ... | Don João |
| Oliveira Lopes | ||
| Pedro T. da Silva | ... | Niccolo |
| Joel Costa | ||
 | Rogério Samora | ... | Peralta |
| Rogério Vieira | ||
| António Loja Neves | ||
| Luís Madureira | ||
| Teresa Côrte-Real | ||
| José Manuel Mendes | ||
| Cândido Ferreira | ||
| Glória de Matos | (as Glória Matos) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Filomena Amaro | ... | Margarida (singing voice) |
| Vaz de Carvalho | ... | Viscount d'Aveleda (singing voice) |
| Carlos Fonseca | ... | (singing voice) |
| Carlos Guilherme | ... | Don João (singing voice) |
| António Silva | ... | (singing voice) |
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Also Known As:
Die Kannibalen (West Germany)I cannibali (Italy)
Les cannibales (France)
The Cannibals
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France:98 min | Portugal:90 minLanguage:
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A film of two halves, Os Canibais starts as an opera and ends as a surreal opera. The story is about upper class love and marriage, lifestyle and prejudice, jealousy and revenge, suicide and cannibalism. And so on.
For the first hour or so director De Oliveira keeps the audience in a state of disbelief by showing us the empty life of the upper class in "their own art form": Os Canibais is a true opera- every line is sung, but rewards us in the end by going surreal. You'll know what I mean when you see it yourself.
Even though the last fifteen minutes of Os Canibais are great it doesn't remove the fact that the first hour is somewhat painful to watch. It might be different for people who understand and appreciate opera. The ending can be recommended for everyone who love the films of Bunuel, the works of surrealists or just enjoy good cinema with surprises.