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Mangeuses d'Hommes (1988)

Mangeuses d'Hommes poster
Original title
Mangeuses d'hommes
Directed by
Daniel Colas
Genre
comedy horror
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sex comedy loosely based on the true story of plane crash survivors who resorted to cannibalism. A group of people stranded after a disaster find themselves in outrageous and risqué situations.

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What happens

Mangeuses d'hommes (English language release title Man Eaters) is a 1988 French-language sex comedy/horror film directed by Daniel Colas It its based on a farce of the same name, first performed on stage in Paris from 1981 on, running for over five years and written by Colas. It is loosely based on the story of the survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash who were forced to eat the bodies of their fellow passengers. It stars Catriona MacColl, Colas himself, Coralie Seyrig, Marc Sinden, Ray Lonnen, Roberta Weiss and Daniel Russo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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