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  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 56 m

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 from...

Directed By: Manuel Martín Cuenca

Written By: Humberto Arenal, Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca

  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 56 m

Cannibal

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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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 from...

Directed By: Manuel Martín Cuenca

Written By: Humberto Arenal, Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
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.
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90
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.
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80
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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
63
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.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 24, 2014
Because little happens story-wise, Cannibal necessarily functions as a character study, but one that’s frustratingly short on character.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 24, 2014
As Cannibal progresses it becomes both more traditional in its narrative and frustrating in its lack of depth.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.7
64% Positive
7 Ratings
27% Mixed
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9% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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64% Positive
7 Ratings
27% Mixed
3 Ratings
9% Negative
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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
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline El amor es insaciable (Love is insatiable)
Website http://www.modproducciones.es/wp/produccion/canibal/
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Feroz Awards, ES
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations

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