
SCREENING
Duet for Cannibals
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Location: Bartos Screening Room
Part of Directors' Fortnight: 1969
Dir. Susan Sontag. 1969, 105 mins. Sweden. DCP. In Swedish with English subtitles. Duet for Cannibals is a story about psychological, sexual, and emotional cannibalism. The film tells a tale of two couples involved in academia and politics. Artur Bauer is a university professor living in exile in Sweden with his enigmatic wife, Francesca. He hires young Tomas, ostensibly to help arrange his papers for publication. After leaving his mistress to live with the couple and take the position, Tomas quickly discovers that things are not quite right with the dysfunctional pair.
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