Mondo Cane 1 (1962)

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AKA: A Dog’s Life; Tales of the Bizarre: Rites, Rituals and Superstitions
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi
Starring:
Country: Italy
Language: Italian (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:47:37
Genres: Documentary, Gruesome, Religion, Violence Against-Animals, Insects-Small Animals, Self-Harm

Plot – Spoilers:
In 1962, a work was put out that was so staggeringly spectacular, it invented a genre – Mondo or the shockumentary.

Mondo Cane is made up of disconnected vignettes from around the world. The primary purpose is to shock. But not so much with the content. Rather, to contrast the so-called savages against the western world, while drawing parallels. Things that are held precious in one culture are eaten or despised in another. The humour is dark and cynical and the voiceover at best, sarcastic. All of this set against spectacular music.

Mondo Cane is a truly effedup film. Sure, there’s enough stuff in here to shock even an internet-raised viewer. But it’s effedup more because – through its contempt for the human species, it’ll remind you how narrow your world, views and morality is.

Favorite Scenes:
Almost every moment of this could count as a favorite one, but the one that really jolts is the sight of the tribesmen receiving Catholic Communion in a makeshift church.

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Léo
Léo
May 13, 2026 10:28 pm

Não é também de surpreender-nos em nada que o caucasiano é também, disparado, a raça mais elegante e bela – e isso é surpreendente como tem correlação com seus hábitos sofisticados, evoluídos ao longo do tempo. Os que vi, comendo o que não se deveria comer, e se comportando de modo tão inapropriado, eram todos de aparência medonha, asquerosa, bastante desagradável. Seus olhos insanos, sem sequer o menor brilho de um espírito lúcido; suas bocas risonhas, com aquele ar de contentamento diante de algo tão sujo, asqueroso e sem razão de ser… tudo enfim dá testemunho favorável ao branco, ao homem ocidental, evoluído a partir da cultura cristã que lhes tirou da selvageria, dos costumes bárbaros. Não há que duvidar, o branco é o dono, senhor e rei do mundo inteiro. Somos nós os legítimos filhos adotivos de Deus, porque por Ele fomos nós escolhidos para endireitar as veredas tortuosas deste mundo.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
April 18, 2026 5:51 am

It’s a Mondo film so you’ll see weird people doing kooky stuff. Per usual you will see nude bush boogies dancing to bongo music in the jungle, horrific torture and slaughter of animals and a wide array of crazy shit people do all over the world. This one did drag in a few spots, especially during the trip to Hawaii with the old bags. During the performance of the soldiers that dance dressed in drag you can see several audience members yawning because it was so boring. Most of it was good but this one isn’t my favorite Mondo film, that’s for sure. 3 stars.

Jack Dann
Jack Dann
January 23, 2026 7:07 pm

I’m gooning to this and drinkin semen. AMEN

DionysusTheRapist
DionysusTheRapist
December 23, 2023 9:22 pm

I live in Africa, people kill dogs everyday. Nothing in this movie came off as shocking. NEXT oh and fuck white people.

DionysusTheRapist
DionysusTheRapist
December 11, 2023 11:45 pm

Looks more made up than Africa Addio

Slampig
Slampig
August 31, 2023 5:34 am

If you like messed up movies but MDPOPE is too fucked for you, this is just what you need

neli
neli
July 3, 2023 9:25 pm

one of the most beautiful documentary i’ve watched. Even though some scenes caused me some discomfort within myself, i was so mesmerized by human, animals and nature itself nature’s . It’s not even effed up as many people say ,i found this educational and suprising seeing people of back then being the same as the people nowadays.

Benjamin Wright
Benjamin Wright
November 29, 2021 5:01 am

I am putting this and the entire series on my Christmas “Movies to Watch” list.

Gay sex the nigger w
Gay sex the nigger w
August 23, 2021 4:08 am

I swear people give this way to much credit it’s not that effed up petas Instagram has better gore than this matter of fact petas Instagram has more gore than mondo faces of death and traces of death and that’s sad

Ralph Bunag
Ralph Bunag
February 3, 2021 12:31 am

If humans never invented weapons, animals, such as bulls, wild hogs, sharks, snakes, and even dogs, can easily kill a human being. Damn those savages who hurts animals!

OJ
OJ
February 1, 2021 4:36 am

So basically world was always fucked up, good to know.

GioCad
GioCad
January 16, 2021 11:55 am

Curious facts: Yves Klein, the “blue” painter was incredibly offended by the way the two Italian directors shot his scene in this movie (too much focus on the girls and too little on the art). He got so stressed that he died of a heart attack a few days after watching the movie.

Bomberman
Bomberman
January 14, 2021 8:31 pm

I would like to kill that fucker in the start of the film.who does that to an innocent dog?!.what kind of people are these motherfuckers?!

Ralph Nadir
Ralph Nadir
December 26, 2020 6:08 am

Nah, but this movie is still extremely fuckin racist. There are shitty humans of all races, but all the scenes with white people are all tee-hee! Sailors love boobies, and scenes with any non-whites are “THEY THINK PIGS AND BABIES ARE THE SAME CUE THE HORRIFYING TRAGIC MUSIC.” The shock is totally there, but there’s about as much documentary validity to this as there is to Disney’s White Wilderness where they forcibly shoved lemmings off a cliff…

Jennifer
Jennifer
December 10, 2020 10:10 pm

Excellent Movie. No wonder the POC’S hate old whitey so much.

martella
martella
December 9, 2020 1:20 pm

thank you for sharing this mondo film, my favorite type of gore