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The Rabbi's Cat

Le chat du rabbin

France

2011

100 Min
Color
1.85:1
French
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DIR Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux

PROD Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar

SCR Joann Sfar, Sandrina Jardel

CAST François Morel, Maurice Bénichou, Hafsia Herzi, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Mohamed Fellag, Sava Lolov, François Damiens, Mathieu Amalric, Marguerite Abouet, Daniel Cohen, Karina Testa

ED Maryline Monthieux

MUSIC Olivier-Daniel Deloeuil

SOUND Matthieu Tertois

San Sebastián (Zabaltegi-Specials)

Synopsis

Algiers, 1920s. Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter is becoming a teenager and above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking!

The delivery of a box from Russia further complicates things when a painter is discovered inside, more dead than alive. He is on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city in Africa. Convinced that the city exists, he sets off on an incredible adventure, taking with him the Rabbi, his cat, a wise old Arab Sheikh and an eccentric Russian millionaire.

Sfar’s style and vision carries a universal message of tolerance, in this highly original, beautifully crafted film, celebrating a joyful and multi-colorful return to hand-drawn 2D. –uniFrance

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Anne

7Sep11

Very beautiful, and funny.

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Jack Lineman

6Aug11

American release date?

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olivh2o

12Jun11

Nice crossover between religions, people, thoughts. Even though 3d was pointless, story could have been more dense, and the end was unfinished.

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ND/NF 2012. Burnat + Davidi, Sfar + Delesvaux, Anka + Wilhelm Sasnal, Song

By David Hudson on March 25, 2012

Four films see their first New Directors/New Films screenings on Monday and Tuesday.

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Second Trailer For Joann Sfar's THE RABBI'S CAT

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Joann Sfar’s popular graphic novels about a rabbi and his talking cat – published in seventeen languages around the world – come to the big screen in June thanks to an animated feature film directed by
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Joann Sfar's THE RABBI'S CAT Comes To Life

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Joann Sfar’s popular graphic novels about a rabbi and his talking cat – published in seventeen languages around the world – come to the big screen in June thanks to an animated feature film directed by
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

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