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Commensal

201743mMovieDocumentary

A two-channel installation utilizing both digital video and 16mm film, Commensal focuses on the controversial figure of Issei Sagawa, who gained notoriety in 1981 when, as a graduate student in Paris, he murdered a fellow student and…

DirectorsVéréna Paravel·Lucien Castaing-Taylor

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Cast · Directed by Véréna Paravel

ISIssei Sagawa
Issei Sagawa

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