The Cannibalistic Councillor

The Cannibalistic Councillor (La Concejala Antropófaga, 2009) is an eight-minute Almodóvar short you can watch online on iFILM. A Madrid city council member in charge of social welfare shares her views on gender relations — and cannibalism. Carmen Machi plays her completely straight. Penélope Cruz appears.

Shot as a spin-off from Broken Embraces and released the same year, the film works entirely because Almodóvar treats the absurd premise without a wink. Stream The Cannibalistic Councillor (2009) online on iFILM.