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O Clube dos Canibais
The Cannibal Club
Brazil 2018
produced by Ticiana Augusto Lima (executive) for Tardo
directed by Guto Parente
starring Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Zé Maria, Pedro Domingues, Galba Nogueira, Bruno Prata, Breno Baptista, Leonardo William, Marco Goulart, Ana Cristina Viana, Juliana Carvalho, Fernando Piancó, Alcântra Costa, Rodrigo Capistrano, Fátima Muniz, Lc Galetto, Luis Henriques, Mara Nívea, Karita Gardenia, Gustavo Lopes, Hamilton Sales
written by Guto Parente, music by Fernando Catatau
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Otavio (Tavinho Teixeira) runs a successful security company, and he
and his wife Gilda (Ana Luiza Rios) belong to Brazil's elite, that part of
society that's decadent to the core while the country's going downhill.
And as such, Otavio and Gilda see it only fitting to every now and again
kill one of their employees while she's having sex with him (since
Otavio's impotent, he can't pleasure Gilda anymore) and then eat that
person. Otavio is also a member of the "cannibal club", a club
where performers are killed live on stage during the sexual act, and then
prepared and eaten for dinner. And president of this club is none other
than the well respected congressman Borges (Pedro Domingues) - which of
course comes in more than handy when deflecting legal problems. During a
party at their house though, Gilda catches Borges being shagged in the
behind by one of their own security, Lucivaldo (Galba Nogueira), and she
has the bad judgment to later tell Borges what she has seen - and Borges,
like all politicians, of course can't afford any kind of scandal, so he
decides to send a few men over to Otavio and Gilda's house to take them
out. But they expect Borges' men and manage to take them out - and this is
where problems really start ...
If after reading the title of this movie you have expected an
all-out cannibal-gorefest, you'll be disappointed, The Cannibal Club
is stronger on hinting than on showing, and cannibalism here is much more
a metaphor than an actual fact. But if you can see beyond just the blood
and guts (or relative lack thereof), you're treated to a very dark
sociopolitical satire that cuts deep into the heart (pun intended) of
Brazil's society and what's wrong with it - but without becoming overly
political, let alone driving the message home with a sledgehammer. And the
for a cannibal movie unusually slick direction only helps to deliver the
message in a subtle way. And of course, an uniformly strong cast playing
interesting characters beyond the usual good vs. evil dichotomy help make
this one a joy to watch, pretty much regardless whether you choose to
watch this as a satire of just a black comedy.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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