Franco Prosperi, Stefano Sibaldi
Mondo Cane ranks as a legendary (albeit offbeat and, to some, off-putting) milestone in film history. It's a documentary aimed to shock. Lensed by European filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Pr...( read more
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Directed by: Franco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara
Release Date: December 31, 1962
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
Stats: 75 reviews
1962 "shockumentary" that's lost a little of it's pop over the years but still stands up as bizarre entertainment. The intent was to attract western audiences with an odd mix of unusual customs, cuisine, and curios. There's a woman suckling a piglet, a tribe that worships airpl...( read more)
I hope I'm not sick for saying so but this film is really hilarious. I think it's a great comment on western society which is where all comedy of the film comes from. There are some astonishing things that happen in it too and it's a curiosity because of it's odd documentary 60s ...( read more)
I'm bigger on Cannibal Holocaust personally and this is simply just an exploitation film, it is entertaining and I enjoy the commentary but Cannibal Holocaust has just so much more going for it. The music by Riz Ortolani is one of the most listened things on my ipod.
an interesting and absurd study in xenophobia. more fascinating as history of prejudice than anything else. i personally couldn't watch a lot of the animal torture/death scenes.
it bored the piss out of me and my sibling. we passed out. good beginning. then it just got dull. the female islanders hunting men for mating was hilarious though!
Fascinating insights into the zanier side of life (well, that is, unless you're one o' them, in which case it's just everyday stuff, I guess).
One movie I really have a hard time watching. The animal deaths just really disturb me, personally. That said, the commentary is clever, and funny, and of course valid, because the world is a sick place.
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