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You can watch Hannibal Rising (2007) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

War-torn Lithuania forces a young boy to witness the stomach-churning reality of starvation and survival. This origin story tracks the exact moment a refined medical student begins to find nourishment in the flesh of his enemies.

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