SummaryCarlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, Spain. His life is a study in details, from the meticulous suits he creates for wealthy clients to the macabre murders he executes in the shadows. He performs these gruesome acts, including dining on the women he kills, without guilt or remorse. When Nina, a beautiful young immigrant from Romania,... Read More
Directed By:Manuel Martín Cuenca
Written By:Humberto Arenal, Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca
Cannibal
Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
67% Positive
4 Reviews
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33% Mixed
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Jul 24, 2014
90
When a filmmaker is capable of exploring a series of frankly outlandish filmic, thematic and moral propositions with absolute conviction and sureness of touch, the results are usually memorable. Such is the case with Manuel Martin Cuenca’s Cannibal.
Jul 24, 2014
90
Despite the film's leisurely pace, nothing is wasted -- no word, no image, no sound. Every element is blended together to create individual scenes that come to feel like stand-alone photographs, leaving viewers both captivated and even ultimately feeling compassion for the anti-hero.
Jul 7, 2014
80
The film’s slow deliberation and aesthetic rigor act as a form of seduction, luring the viewer into unwilling identification with Carlos.
Jul 20, 2014
63
It keeps us at a remove that becomes telling of the filmmaker's reticence to explore whatever feelings of isolation and yearning may inform his main character's grisly compulsion.
Jul 24, 2014
60
Because little happens story-wise, Cannibal necessarily functions as a character study, but one that’s frustratingly short on character.
Jul 24, 2014
50
As Cannibal progresses it becomes both more traditional in its narrative and frustrating in its lack of depth.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
67% Positive
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25% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Aug 8, 2014
7
Carlos the CANNIBAL falls in love. Trouble follows. This elegantly directed film from Spain may have more on its mind than comes across but ultimately the film feels empty. Featuring a really sensational performance from Olimpia Melinte in a dual role, one wishes CANNIBAL could meet in execution its very high minded and metaphorical ambitions.
Production Company:
- Promociones Urbanísticas La Loma Blanca
- Mod Producciones
- Libra Film
- CTB Film Company
- Luminor
- Eurimages
- Televisión Española (TVE)
- Canal+
- Canal Sur Televisión
- AXN
- Instituto de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas del Ministerio de Cultura
- Junta de Andalucía
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- Programa Ibermedia
- Canal+ España
- Playtime
Release Date:Jul 25, 2014
Duration:1 h 56 m
Tagline:El amor es insaciable (Love is insatiable)
Awards
Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Feroz Awards, ES
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
