The setting then moves to the present day, where The Man goes about his day-to-day routines and occasionally chats with others on his computer, where he looks for someone who shares his cannibalistic fantasies.

The Man drags The Flesh's inert body (which vomits and defecates repeatedly) to a room he has readied for slaughter.

Cannibal is based on the true story of Armin Meiwes, who killed and ate a man whom he met on the Internet.

In 2004 director Marian Dora accepted Ulli Lommel's assignment to make a feature film in Germany that documented the Meiwes case.

[citation needed] Cannibal was released on DVD in Germany in April 2006 and in the United States by Anthem Pictures on December 19, 2006.

[citation needed] In Germany, the film was confiscated by the district court of Neuburg an der Donau due to Paragraph 184a (Dissemination of pornographic content depicting violent acts) and may no longer be offered for sale.