Consuming Passions

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Consuming Passions
Directed by	Giles Foster
Written by	Paul D. Zimmerman Andrew Davies
Based on	Secrets by Michael Palin Terry Jones
Produced by	William P. Cartlidge
Starring	Vanessa Redgrave Jonathan Pryce Tyler Butterworth Freddie Jones Prunella Scales Sammi Davis Thora Hird
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Edited by	John Grover
Music by	Richard Hartley
Distributed by	Vestron Pictures[1]
Release date	1988 (1988)
Running time	98 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Consuming Passions is a 1988 black comedy film which stars Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, and Sammi Davis and was directed by Giles Foster. The film is based on Secrets by Michael Palin and Terry Jones,^[2] a BBC television play broadcast in 1973.

In the film, a chocolate factory accidentally released a new luxury product which contained human flesh. When the product turns into a surprise sales hit, the factory's owners decide to market their products to cannibals and to keep acquiring human corpses as key ingredients.