The Cannibals

Overview

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, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.

Cast

Luís Miguel Cintra

Viscount d'Aveleda

Leonor Silveira

Margarida

Diogo Dória

Don João

N/A

Oliveira Lopes

The Presenter (lago)

N/A

Pedro T. da Silva

Niccolo

N/A

Joel Costa

Urbano Solar

Rogério Samora

Peralta

N/A

Rogério Vieira

The Magistrate

N/A

António Loja Neves

The Baron

N/A

Luís Madureira

Teresa Côrte-Real

José Manuel Mendes