Hannibal Rising

2007 · Directed by Peter Webber · 121 min · drama film, horror film, crime film

★ 6.3/10 · 2,469 ratings on TMDB

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate