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A sumptuous love story starred by a loner called Carlos (Antonio De La Torre) , he is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he's also a series killer in the shadows . He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina (Olimpia Melinte in double role as Alexandra / Nina) appears in his life and love awakens . Carlos unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his latest prospective victim . As their love is insatiable .

Thrilling story about a strange tailor and his relationship with a Romanian girl , filled with lasting images , style and slow moving . It is an exciting film displaying suspense , intrigue , tension , a touching love story , nudism and interesting drama well written by Humberto Arenal and the same filmmaker and based on the novel by Alejandro Hernández . Manuel Martin Cuenca's dark romance centres on a tailor and secret cannibal played masterfully by Antonio de la Torre who gives an awesome portrait of a weird man , being set in Granada Holy Week . In Cannibal, we see a surprisingly thoughtful approach to an otherwise gruesome premise, one we're confident audiences will be well gripped into a peculiar romance and a twisted intrigue . This low budget film received a positive reception from its first screening at various festivals and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . Furthermore , Cannibal won numerous prizes , being premiered at Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain , Feroz Awards , San Sebastián International Film Festival ,Santa Barbara International Film Festival , Spanish Actors Unión and especially various Goya Awards (Spanish Oscar) such as Best Cinematography : Pau Esteve Birba , Goya Best Actor : Antonio de la Torre , Best New Actress : Olimpia Melinte , Best Director : Manuel Martín Cuenca and Best Screenplay Adapted : Manuel Martín Cuenca and Alejandro Hernández .

Colorful and evocative cinematography by Pau Esteve Birba filmed on location in Granada ,Güejar Sierra, Motril and Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Spain . The film was well produced by Fernando Bovaira , one of the best Spanish producers , financing a lot of films in lavish budgets such as ¨The others¨ , ¨The sea inside¨ , ¨Agora¨ , ¨Mortadelo and Filemon¨, ¨Butterfly tongue¨ , among others . Manuel Martin Cuenca has established himself as one of Spain's most artistically astute directors , his works consistently evolving in skill and style . Manuel Martín Cuenca was born on November 30, 1964 in Almería , Almería, Andalucía , location where he usually shoots his pictures . He is a good director and writer, known for La Flaqueza Del Bolchevique (2003) , Malas Temporadas (2005) , 4 Puntos Cardinales (2002) , being his best movie this Caníbal or Cannibal (2013) . Rating : Better than average . Worthwhile watching .

"Cannibal" summons to mind vague storyline similarities with Patrice Leconte's moody 1990 film "Monsieur Hire" and James Hamilton- Paterson's roman a clef "Loving Monsters."

Protagonist Carlos is a revered tailor in Granada, Spain, who murders and cannibalizes beautiful young women, and ostensibly does so in a way unencumbered by sadism or sexuality. His monotonic cannibalism is never explained, and left as metaphorical vehicle. Horror is not on offer here, and viewers are left free to imbue Carlos's predilection with personal meaning: in other ways, Carlos is fair, just, and honorable. Do even the very best among us have equally abhorrent gaping erroneous zones?

Romanian actress Olimpia Melinte's fresh-faced, highly-abled and confident screen presence work well in two roles here. Mise en scene, vistas and pacing are lovely, and the languid takes, the confident exposition, the story's ability to achieve both enormity and enormousness with an economy of lines and set-ups, make "Cannibal" well worth immersing in.

This is a good movie and it does not deserve the current low rating. I will not repeat what most before me have already said. However, I am adding my small comment just for some of the American audience who is used to the Hollywood clichés and can't comprehend that a film, yes a film not a movie, can actually venture in the realm of psychology. For those who are looking for horror, blood and cheap action thrillers look somewhere else.

This film is a deliberately slow and aesthetic act of seduction that introduces the audience into the transformation of the main character, Carlos. Cuenca carefully hides the monstrousness of his main character and carefully shapes an unexpected outcome.

This is an incredible story that you can't miss if you like movies with deep emotions that will make you tremble about the idea of love and death. The actors are mysterious and the story starts with very surprising images that will make you be prepare to close your eyes for anything that could lead you a possible trauma, but nothing happen but stunning takes and surprising twists. The photography is amazing and you can't take your eyes out of the screen enjoying the views. Initially, the main character is cold and it can feel quite intimidating. But while the story keeps running forwards, you can feel even like you where in their skins. The passion between the characters may not be seen at first, but it's obvious at the end, and it can make you even cry of despair. The loneliness in this movie is very important and without it the film would be meaningless. The emotions of the people involve are represented in beautiful takes. There's few sounds of music in the background but this makes the movie more dark and realistic. This movie explain despair and the possession of the body with the most original way that you can imagine.

It's the 2013 one, directed by manuel cuenca ! There are several films with the same name, so it is confusing. The film opens with the viewer watching a couple from a distance. From the viewpoint of carlos (antonio de la torre), observing the couple get back in the car, and leaving the petrol station. This seems to be his m o ..... he follows people in cars, causes an accident, and commits horrible crimes on them. But carlos also has a respectable day job! A tailor. When carlos meets his new, sexy, beautiful neighbor (olimpia molinte), can he stop himself from committing his crimes ? It's a very simple script...not much dialog. And what dialog there is, had to be put up to almost maximum volume on the roku channel version. Several languages are spoken throughout, but fortunately, there are perfectly fine english subtitles to read. Slow, sparse script. The big, obvious question seems to be can carlos change his ways for the right person? Other unanswered questions are ... what caused carlos to start doing this? And why did nina do what she does at the end? Those two questions are not answered by the script, so the viewer will have to come up with their own answers. It's good! Long, at almost two hours.