Ravenous
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
In an isolated 19th-century military outpost, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission that takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
Antonia Bird
Antonia Jane Bird is a British director and television producer. Her film Priest was released theatrically before being broadcast by BBC. It won an award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1994. The following year, at the Berlinale, it received a Teddy Award in the Audience Award category.
