Caniba
Synopsis
Caniba is a fresco about flesh and desire. It reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun Sagawa.
A 32-year old student at the Sorbonne in Paris, Issei Sagawa was arrested on June 13, 1981 when spotted emptying two bloody suitcases containing the remains of his Dutch classmate, Renée Hartevelt, into a lake in the Bois de Boulogne. Two days earlier, he had killed her while she was translating German Romantic poetry over dinner in his apartment. After shooting her in the back of the head, Mr. Sagawa raped and then ate his way through her corpse. Eventually, fatigued and dizzy from the heat and smell, he decided to discard her remains. Declared legally insane, he returned to Japan. He has been a free man since. Ostracized from society, he has lived off his crime for over 30 years. He has written novels and manga comics that recount his crime in detail. He has starred in documentaries and pornographic films. He has also served as a food critic. He still expresses his desire to consume human flesh and to die at the hands and in the mouth of a fellow cannibal.
Credits
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Norte Productions
- Co-production : S.E.L.
- Film exports/foreign sales : Elle Driver
- French distribution : Norte Distribution
- News agency (France) : Anyways
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producers : Valentina Novati, Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Sound recordists : Nao Nakazawa, Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Directors of Photography : Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Press Attaché (film) : Florence Alexandre
- Editors : Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Sound Editor : Bruno Ehlinger
- Grader : Patrick Lindenmaier
- Sound Mixer : Bruno Ehlinger
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Production language : French, Japanese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2017
- French release : 22/08/2018
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 146.208
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : 5.1
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News & awards
News (7)
Selections (13)
Awards (1)
Delegations (1)
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada, 2017
Director : Verena Paravel
Director : Lucien Castaing-Taylor
