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The Strange Little Cat

The Strange Little Cat

6,6 /10 (26 Votes)
2013 DE 72 min

Overview

It is a Saturday in autumn, and Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and youngest sister Clara. This family gathering provides the occasion for a dinner together, at which other relatives appear over the course of the day. While the family members animate the apartment’s space with their conversations, everyday activities and cooking preparations, the cat and dog range through the various rooms. they too become a central element in this quotidian familial dance that repeatedly manifests stylized elements, disrupting any naturalistic mode of presentation. In this way, adjoining spaces open up between family drama, fairy tale and the psychological study of a mother.

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Release date

11/02/2013

Votes

26

Popularity

0.2

Status

Released

Original title

Das merkwürdige Kätzchen

Language

DE

Runtime

72 min

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Reno

Reno

2016-06-14

⭐ 6

> A beautiful video portrait of a family! Indeed a beautiful video portrait of a family and friends coming together for an evening. I wanted to like it more, but not impressed by the overall product. However, I liked very much the film theme, not very unique, yet simpler and different than those I've seen. The cat was the centre of the narration as the title suggests, but it was seen rarely within the video frame and sometimes the characters mentions it, but we know it was around there where our eyes can't reach. On an ordinary day, about an ordinary family and their ordinary event which…

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