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Hannibal Rising the Movie
- Directed by Peter Webber, the film perfectly captures the grime and elegance of post-World War II Europe. As Hannibal the young man (Gaspard Ulliel) and his aunt, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li), dine at a French bistro, you can almost smell the aroma of simmering coq au vin. The opening scenes of Russian soldiers battling Nazis on the grounds of the Lecter family estate are riveting, particularly the standoff between a Soviet tank and a German warplane. The look of the film is tantalizing, but the meat of the story is overdone and not as savory or satisfying as the previous Lecter films.
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