Hannibal Rising

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

Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Aaran Thomas, Gong Li, Dominic West, Rhys Ifans, Richard Brake, Kevin McKidd, Stephen Walters