Cannibal Man
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cannibal Man |
| Original title | La semana del asesino |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eloy de la Iglesia |
| script |
Antonio Fos Eloy de la Iglesia |
| production | José Truchado |
| music | Fernando García Morcillo |
| camera | Raúl Artigot |
| cut | José Luis Matesanz |
| occupation | |
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Cannibal Man (OT: La semana del asesino ) is a psychological thriller close to the exploitation genre by director Eloy de la Iglesia from 1972. The staging about a poor factory worker who, after being killed for fear of possible consequences, does not Justice sets in motion a spiral of violence, was published on April 22, 1972 in Spain, the German premiere took place on June 8, 1973. The alternative title is Das Haus des bloutigen Horens .
action
Spain in the present. The impoverished 30-year-old Marcos lives with his brother Esteban, a truck driver, in an old dilapidated house, which is adjacent to a modern high-rise building with new luxury apartments. The homosexual Néstor lives there, who observes his surroundings with binoculars out of pure curiosity. Marcos makes his living as a worker for Flory, a well-known canning factory with an attached slaughterhouse, which is best known for its high-quality instant soups.
One night, accompanied by his much younger friend Paula - she comes from a good family, their secret relationship is not tolerated by their parents - he kills a disgruntled taxi driver during a tangible argument. When his partner, plagued by a guilty conscience, tries to confide in the authorities, she is strangled in cold blood by Marcos, as he fears a possible arrest as an underprivileged. Unimaginatively, he hides her body under the bed of his unsuspecting brother. When he returns from a strenuous tour, Marcos confides in him with a heavy heart. Esteban urges his family members, whose inhibition threshold seems to be sinking ever further, to confess, which, however, means his death sentence. Esteban becomes Marcos' third victim.
As more and more relatives discover the dead, Marcos gets into a real frenzy of blood that results in further victims. At the same time, his own situation is becoming more and more acute. Finally, the smell of putrefaction that emanates from his apartment becomes noticeable. He decides to dispose of the remains of his victims in portions in the nearby meat factory. Parallel to the disposal of the corpses, Marcos befriends the outsider Néstor, who at least briefly distracts him and so calms him down. When he asks him one day into his apartment, their strange, friendly relationship changes radically. Marcos discovers binoculars with which his counterpart observes the area every day, including his own home. Marcos becomes suspicious, threatens Néstor and realizes that his situation is hopeless. At the end of the film, the six-time murderer says goodbye to death-yearning Néstor and surrenders to the police.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film wrote that the “half-baked psychological thriller” offered some socially critical approaches, but that these would suffocate “in the thirst for blood in the plot aimed at stressing the nerves and in the blurred pictorial symbolism” .
Awards
- Cinema Writers Circle Awards
- 1973: Winner of the CEC Award for Best Actor for Vicente Parra
Web links
- Cannibal You in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cannibal Man in the online movie database
- Comparison of the cuts Monte Video - XT Video from Cannibal Man at Schnittberichte.com