Canibais, Os 1988

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes. Musically, it ranges from 19th-century romanticism to popular, modernist and even "post-modernist" styles. In the initially tame story, a host-narrator tells the story of a wedding between the two lovebirds: Viscount d'Aveleda and the beautiful Marguerite. However, what happens in the bridal chamber is incredibly bizarre. The events after that are even stranger, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.

Cast:

Luís Miguel Cintra
Viscount d'Aveleda 

Leonor Silveira
Margarida 

Diogo Dória
Don João 

Oliveira Lopes
The Presenter (lago) 

Pedro T. da Silva
Niccolo 

Joel Costa
Urbano Solar 

• The Cannibals