What drove Hannibal Lecter's lust for the taste of human flesh?

Question

I haven't seen the movie, "Hannibal Rising"-I'd like to know if the movie explains the origin of Hannibal's desire to eat the flesh of humans,; or, if it just leaves off at the fact that he was born insane and always was...

Answer 1

because when he was a kid...some German soliders held him and his little sister captive...she got sick and they killed her...they ate her to live...years later...he is torturing one of the men for what they did...and the man said while Hannibel was in a daze from hunger...they fed him parts of his sister...so he killed him and ate his flesh.

Answer 2

Hannibal Rising was a great book, I haven't seen the movie, but the book goes further in depth into the flashbacks that Hannibal has in the book Hannibal. It explains why he became a cannibal, and really gets into his psyche. I think the movie would be OK but if I were you, I'd read the book!

Answer 3

It actually taste like pork. A pig's flesh is 96% like of a human. This is why it s forbidden in Islam and Judaism, it is also forbidden in Christianity, but people have manipulated it. And pig's flesh contains worms, no matter how many times you cook the flesh, heat it, the worms will not go.

Answer 4

there is a scene where Hannibal is with a chef and he tells Hannibal that the juiciest part of the fish is the cheek. Later he kills a butcher and cuts out and eats his cheeks.

that and he was forced to eat a stew made with parts of his little sister.

Answer 5

yes it does, but if i told you then the movie would be ruined for you forever. it is not that great but it does answer some questions you might have had about the origin of hannibal.

Answer 6

Yes it explains it. That's what the movie is about. It's really good too so I won't tell you why he's a cannibal. :-)