Caniba

Silence of the Lambs without the Lambs. Issei Sagawa, infamous for killing and eating a female student in 1981, passively answers questions put to him by his brother. The film dwells on the mundane physicality of aging, mediated by past horror.

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Véréna Paravel directed Caniba in 2017. See Véréna Paravel's full filmography, where to start with Véréna Paravel, or where to go after you've seen everything by Véréna Paravel.

Caniba was released in 2017 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.