Caniba

Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor

IndieLisboa 2018 •

France, Documentário, 2017, 90′

Caniba offers us an intimate portrait of the well-known cannibal Issei Sagawa. In 1981, Issei killed and ate a Sorbonne classmate. He was convicted and repatriated to Japan. There, he began to monetize on his persona. A film that investigates the origins of cannibalistic desires.