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The Cat

1971 · 87 min

A slow, suffocating descent into mutual hatred, where silence and small cruelties feel more devastating than any explosion.

Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy

Tagline: A love/hate so devastating it destroys everything...the marriage, the wife, the husband, the house...even the cat
Overview: Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

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Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
betrayal
grief
obsession
aging
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Written by: Pascal Jardin, Pierre Granier-Deferre
Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal, Harry-Max, Carlo Nell, André Rouyer, Nicole Desailly
Music: Philippe Sarde
Cinematography: Walter Wottitz
Runtime: 87 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish

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