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The Seven Kittens

1980 · 109 min

A claustrophobic, unsettling family portrait that mixes dark satire with creeping dread, demanding patience as buried secrets surface.

Directed by: Neville D'Almeida
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Starring: Antônio Fagundes, Ana Maria Magalhães, Lima Duarte

Tagline: Who drew the flying dicks on the bathroom wall?!
Overview: Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.

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Directed by: Neville D'Almeida
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Starring: Antônio Fagundes, Ana Maria Magalhães, Lima Duarte

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
madness
isolation
class
betrayal
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy, thriller
Directed by: Neville D'Almeida
Written by: Neville D'Almeida
Starring: Antônio Fagundes, Ana Maria Magalhães, Lima Duarte, Ary Fontoura, Sura Berditchevsky, Sônia Dias, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Thelma Reston
Music: Lulu Santos
Cinematography: Edson Santos
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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