Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 02/09/07 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for strong grisly violent content and some language/sexual references Running Time 1 hour 57 minutes Genre Suspense, Drama Director Peter Webber Writer Thomas Harris Cast Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Richard Brake, Kevin McKidd Studio MGM/Weinstein Company |
HANNIBAL RISING
SYNOPSIS
In RED DRAGON we learned who he was. In SILENCE
OF THE LAMBS we learned how he did it. Now comes
the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal
Lecter – the one that answers the most elusive
question of all - why?
HANNIBAL RISING marks the first time in the award-
winning series that best selling author Thomas
Harris ("Red Dragon," "Silence of the Lambs")
writes the screenplay – reaching back to explore
the origins of Lecter’s rage, terror and savagery.
The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate
end of World War II. For many it was no longer a
conflict of nations but one of individual survival – at
any cost. A young Hannibal watches from only steps
away as his parents violently die, leaving his
cherished young sister in his care. This horrific
moment will soon pale in comparison to the
atrocities he is forced to witness, changing him
forever.
In RED DRAGON we learned who he was. In SILENCE
OF THE LAMBS we learned how he did it. Now comes
the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal
Lecter – the one that answers the most elusive
question of all - why?
HANNIBAL RISING marks the first time in the award-
winning series that best selling author Thomas
Harris ("Red Dragon," "Silence of the Lambs")
writes the screenplay – reaching back to explore
the origins of Lecter’s rage, terror and savagery.
The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate
end of World War II. For many it was no longer a
conflict of nations but one of individual survival – at
any cost. A young Hannibal watches from only steps
away as his parents violently die, leaving his
cherished young sister in his care. This horrific
moment will soon pale in comparison to the
atrocities he is forced to witness, changing him
forever.
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Alone and without any means of support, he is forced to live in a Soviet orphanage that once served as his
family’s beloved home. He flees to Paris to find his uncle has died but his beautiful and mysterious
Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him. Even her kindness and love cannot soothe the
nightmares and sorrows that plague him. Showing a cunning aptitude for science he is accepted into
medical school, which serves to hone his skills and provide the tools to exact justice on the war criminals
that haunt him day and night. This quest will ignite an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not
born, but made.
Gaspard Ulliel plays the fearsome Lecter, alongside Gong Li, Rhys Ifans and Dominic West. Peter Webber
(GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING) directs. -- © Weinstein Company
family’s beloved home. He flees to Paris to find his uncle has died but his beautiful and mysterious
Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him. Even her kindness and love cannot soothe the
nightmares and sorrows that plague him. Showing a cunning aptitude for science he is accepted into
medical school, which serves to hone his skills and provide the tools to exact justice on the war criminals
that haunt him day and night. This quest will ignite an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not
born, but made.
Gaspard Ulliel plays the fearsome Lecter, alongside Gong Li, Rhys Ifans and Dominic West. Peter Webber
(GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING) directs. -- © Weinstein Company