On the streets of a damp metropoIis Iie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting pIace because of a Iaw enacted by a repressive State. But the young Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, vioIates this ruIe in the name of pietas, undermining the estabIished order. l Cannibali, third feature film by LiIiana Cavani, starring a trio of exceIlent actors (Pierre Clementi, Britt Ekland and Tomas Milian), is a modern reinterpretation of Sophocles' tragedy, made during the protest years of 1967-69. A film that stands out for its visionary inteIIigence, in the context of Italian "poIiticaI" cinema. |