Commensal (2017): Cast

This two-channel installation explores the unsettling story of Issei Sagawa, a graduate student who gained notoriety in 1981 after murdering and consuming a fellow student in Paris. Following his release from a mental institution and return to Japan, Sagawa became a recurring figure in documentaries and exploitation films. The film avoids moral judgment, instead examining the complex intersection of crime, fantasy, and public perception surrounding this controversial individual and his carefully constructed persona.

• LC Co-director Lucien Castaing-Taylor
• VP Co-director Véréna Paravel

• IS Issei Sagawa

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