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Cat in the Wall

2020 · 92 min

A wry, low-key social drama that finds quiet comedy and friction in neighbours forced together by a stuck animal.

Directed by: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Genres: Drama
Starring: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov

Overview: Cat in the Wall tells the true story of how a cat, stuck in a wall, changes the lives of aspirational migrants, benefit fraudsters and gentrified Brexiteers.

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Directed by: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Genres: Drama
Starring: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov

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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
immigration
isolation
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Written by: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Starring: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov, Gilda Waugh, Jon-Jo Inkpen, Chinwe A Nwokolo, Kadisha Gee Kamara
Music: Andy Cowton
Cinematography: Dimitar Kostov
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France
Languages: English, Bulgarian

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