Liliana Cavani on DeBaser: reviews, highlights and key films

Liliana Cavani

Director

Forcinephiles, fans of italian and european art cinema, students of political and historical film
3 Reviews 1 Definitions 2 Charts

The Profile

Liliana Cavani (born 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter known for provocative historical and psychological dramas, including Il portiere di notte, I cannibali and La pelle.

Recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival (2023). Directed Ripley's Game (2002) and Francesco (1989).

Three DeBaser reviews track Liliana Cavani from the incendiary Il Portiere di notte to the revolutionary I cannibali and the recent L'ordine del tempo. The first two are praised for bold themes and impact; the latter is viewed as refined but less convincing. Overall, a portrait of a director mixing historical, political and psychological drama with provocation.

Notable Quotes

❝ Obviously, Liliana Cavani has significant directing experience and doesn’t produce a flop.

❝ Essentially, "The Cannibals" is a revolutionary film against certain classic aesthetic canons, in line with the innovative cinema that expressed the youth counterculture of the time.