Cinematography:
Jérôme BrézillonComposer:
Olivier DaviaudCast:
Hafsia Herzi, Karina Testa, François Morel, Mathieu Amalric, Mohamed Fellag, Eric Elmosnino, François Damiens, Joann Sfar, Wojciech Pszoniak (more)VOD (1)
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Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Joann Sfar, The Rabbi's Cat tells the story of a rabbi and his talking cat – a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's voluptuous teenage daughter. Algeria in the 1930s is an intersection of Jewish, Arab and French culture. A cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and miraculously gains the ability to speak. Along with the power of speech comes unparalleled sardonic wit, and the cat – and filmmaker Sfar – spare no group or individual as they skewer faith, tradition and authority in a provocative exploration of (among other things) God, lust, death, phrenology, religious intolerance, interspecies love, and the search for truth. Rich with the colors, textures, flavors and music of Mediterranean Africa, the film embarks on a cross continent adventure from the tiled terraces, fountains, quays and cafes of colonial Algiers to Maghrebi tent camps, dusty trading outposts, and deep blue Saharan nights in search of a lost Ethiopian city. (GKIDS)
(more)Cast
Hafsia Herzi
France
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Mektoub, My Love (2017)
Karina Testa
France
Best movies:
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Switch (2011)
Frontier(s) (2007)
François Morel
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
Tombés du ciel (1993)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
Mathieu Amalric
France
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)
Mohamed Fellag
Algeria
Best movies:
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Michou d'Auber (2007)
Eric Elmosnino
France
Best movies:
The Bélier Family (2014)
Le Skylab (2011)
Colonel Chabert (1994)
François Damiens
Belgium
Best movies:
Little Nicholas (2009)
The Bélier Family (2014)
Suzanne (2013)
Joann Sfar
France
Best movies:
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Wojciech Pszoniak
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
The Promised Land (1974)
Black Thursday (2011)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
France
Best movies:
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Mad Love (1969)
Bolero (1981)
Maurice Bénichou
Algeria
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Amélie (2001)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
Marguerite Abouet
Best movies:
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Laurentine Milebo
Best movies:
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
Elisa (1995)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Pascal N'Zonzi
Congo
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Djanis Bouzyani
Best movies:
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
The Assault (2010)
Toi, moi, les autres (2010)
Olivier Broche
Best movies:
The Girl Without Hands (2016)
Darkest Hour (2017)
The Green Beautiful (1996)
Sava Lolov
Best movies:
Yannick (2023)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Didier Brice
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
La France (2007)
Alice Houri
Best movies:
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Nenette and Boni (1996)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
David Rit
Best movies:
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)