Felidae

Germany

1994

82 Min

Color

German

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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SCR Martin Kluger, Akif Pirinçci

MUSIC Anne Dudley

Stockholm (Twilight Zone), Berlinale (New German Films)

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At once a commentary on the classic principles of the animated Disney feature film, and then immediately a film noir driven by the sexual impulses of, well, the feline -- nothing screams social understanding and the moral compass quite like Michael Schaack's gritty adult-oriented animated mystery. Where humans would react a certain way, these cats have actions from their own perspective. And that's quite haunting...

Gaviero

24Dec11

I read some comments on a thread linked to the film saying, "Not so much for kids, there are few scenes that might seem bit upsetting for some parents. But in my opinion, it is nothing really to worry about." -- What?! There's a dream sequence of dead kitties being jiggled like puppets on strings with their innards hanging-out! I'm glad I saw when I was old enough not to have nightmares about eviscerated cats.

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Johnny DuBiel

19Dec11

A nice subversion of the Disney anthropomorphic talking animal formula. More unnerving than even the more harrowing moments in 'Watership Down', because the cats are given more outright human characteristics than the rabbits in that other film. There are some moments in this one that will stay with you.