Still from Caniba — Caniba (2017) — Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna ParavelPhotographed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel

Caniba

Name: Caniba
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 96 min

Japanese / 2017 / 1h 36m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

Documentary

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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.

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Three Documentaries from the Sensory Ethnography Lab
Position 3
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Additions: March 2020
Position 12

Credits

Crew

DirectorLucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel

CinematographerLucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel