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Cat Sticks

2019 · 94 min

A slow, rain-soaked descent into craving and despair that feels like a long, restless night you can't shake.

Overview
On a rainy night in Calcutta a group of desperate addicts chase brown sugar, but the permanent intoxication they seek proves elusive. Some of them seek a release, while others do not seem to want the night to end.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • survival
  • loneliness
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ronny Sen
Written by
Ronny Sen, Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas
Starring
Tanmay Dhanania, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Sumeet Thakur, Sreejita Mitra, Saurabh Saraswat, Soumyajit Majumdar, Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas, Rahul Dutta
Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
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Languages
Bengali

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