Canibal, about a flesh-eater in love, gets ready to chomp in 2012

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Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Spain’s Manuel Martin Cuenca, director of upcoming Toronto World Cinema player La mitad de Oscar, has lined up his next project – a psychological thriller called CANIBAL.

The story focuses on a man who kills and eats men and women, until he discovers love. Nothing more bittersweet than a cannibal in love…

Cuenca had this to say about the character (via Variety): “This is not a Hannibal Lecter. He knows what he does is wrong. But he just can’t stop.” Sorry Manuel, but I’m still going to put a pic of cinema’s most famous human-nosher.

The film is being written in the vein of FUNNY GAMES, which sounds A-OK to me. Unfortunately, it looks like we’re going to have to wait a while for this one – it’s not scheduled to begin shooting until 2012.

Source: Variety

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