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The Year of the Cannibals

1969 · 88 min

A grim, allegorical trudge through a corpse-strewn city, demanding patience as it weighs political despair against stubborn moral defiance.

Overview: On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law enacted by a repressive State. But the young Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, violates this rule in the name of pietas, undermining the established order.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, rebellion, power, morality
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
rebellion
power
morality
grief
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild