THE YEAR OF THE CANNIBALS
Directed by Liliana Cavani
Starring : Britt Ekland, Pierre Clementi, Tomas Milian

 

1970 | 88’ | Colour | OV Italian | Drama | DCP
Film restored in 2011
Rights : International (except Italian speaking territories)

 

A young couple in a totalitarian society transgress the law which forbids the burial of bodies murdered by the police, for being enemies of the State. Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, sets out to bury the dead in the name of pietas, setting an example of defiance for other young people.

 

Inspired by Sophocle’s play Antigone

 

Music by Ennio Morricone

 

(Trailer)