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1. Movie Analysis
Hannibal Rising
Lim Sing Yee (1328175)
Gooi Lih Joe (1328169)
Regina Hoo (1327813)

2. Hannibal Rising
• A horror film.
• Produced in 2007.
• The 5th film of the
Hannibal Lecter
franchise.
• It’s the prequel of the
Hannibal series.

3. Genre
• Horror
- Designed to shock & frighten
• Literary Adaptation
- Screenplays are adapted from novels

4. Director- Peter Webber
• A British director.
• Have been active in the
film industry since
1992.
• Well known film: Girl
with a Pearl Earring and
Hannibal Rising.

5. • Girl with a Pearl
Earring directed by
Peter Webber in
2003.
• Starring Scarlett
Johansson & Colin
Firth.

6. • Thomas Harris – born on
April 11, 1940 in Jackson,
Tennessee, US.
• Well known American
author and screenwriter.
• The genre of his novels is
based on crime, horror,
and suspense.
• He wrote the screenplay
for Hannibal Rising.
Author- Thomas Harris

7. Example of Thomas Harris’ Notable Works:

8. • Gaspard Ulliel – born on
November 25, 1984 in
Paris, France.
• He is a French film actor
and model.
• In 2004, his film - A Very
Long Engagement, won
him a Cesar for the
Most Promising Actor in
2005.
Actor’s Background

9. • Gong Li (巩俐) – born on
December 31, 1965 in
Shenyang, China.
• She is a Chinese actress.
• Her debut film Red
Sorghum directed by
Zhang Yimou in 1987 won
an award at the Berlin
Film Festival.
• This helped her gain
international prominence.
Actress’ Background

10. Character’s Background
Hannibal Lecter:
After a traumatically
eventful childhood,
Hannibal escaped the
confines of his
orphanage to unite with
his aunt in Paris.

11. Despite getting his life
back in order (he had
obtained a work
scholarship in a medical
school in France), he
could not escape his
past.

12. • Thus driven to seek
revenge, he begins
hunting down the men
responsible for his sister
Mischa’s death to
avenge her through
means of violent
torture.

13. Lady Murasaki:
• She is his uncle’s wife.
• A Japanese.
• She taught Hannibal
martial arts amongst
other skills.
• His first kill was in order
to defend her honour.

14. • She helped Hannibal
gain perspective in life.
• Although she tries
reasoning with his
obsession to hunt down
the Lithuanian
Hilfswillege involved
with Mischa’s death,
she eventually becomes
his unwilling
accomplice.