Cannibal

Name: Cannibal
Genre: Thriller
Released: July 25, 2014
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 69

2014

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Film Movement | Release Date: July 25, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Carlos 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 fromCarlos 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, comes looking for her missing twin sister, she awakens in Carlos a kind of love he'd long since written off. As their relationship builds, based on secrets and deception, Nina's pure innocence will become undeniable, even by Carlos, a man driven by a dark secret.… Expand

Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Carolina del Busto

Jul 24, 2014

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. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Jul 24, 2014

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. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Jul 7, 2014

The film’s slow deliberation and aesthetic rigor act as a form of seduction, luring the viewer into unwilling identification with Carlos. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Jul 20, 2014

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. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jul 24, 2014

Because little happens story-wise, Cannibal necessarily functions as a character study, but one that’s frustratingly short on character. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jul 24, 2014

As Cannibal progresses it becomes both more traditional in its narrative and frustrating in its lack of depth. Read full review

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LowbrowCinema

Aug 8, 2014

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 inCarlos 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.… Expand

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