Caniba (2017)

Directed by

Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R15+

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary focuses on Issei Sagawa, a Japanese man who killed and cannibalized a woman in 1981 and was eventually freed. The film shows his daily life and his conversations with his brother, exploring his lack of remorse and his strange celebrity.

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What happens

Caniba is a 2017 French documentary film produced, filmed, edited and directed by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, capturing the notorious Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa's late life as a free man. The film had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2017, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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