'' Mangeuses d'Hommes '' ( English language release title '' Man Eaters '' ) is a cult 1988 French-language sex-comedy/horror film , shot in Sierra Leone ( mainly in the jungle near Tokey Beach and Black Johnson Cove ) and based on a farce of the same name , first performed on stage in Paris , running for over five years and written by French author/director Daniel Colas . It is loosely based on the story of the survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash who were forced to eat the bodies of their fellow passengers . It stars Catriona MacColl , Daniel Colas , Coralie Seyrig , Marc Sinden , Ray Lonnen , Roberta Weiss and Daniel Russo
Andes plane crash
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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