The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)

Directed by

Don Chaffey

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Scottish veterinarian is cold and distant after his wife's death until his daughter's cat is believed to have a miraculous influence on the family. The cat's apparent deaths and returns change how the father and daughter relate to each other.

whimsicalheartfeltbittersweetcozyfantasticalgentlefamily-oriented

What happens

The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 fantasy film directed by Don Chaffey about a cat's influence on a family. Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire star alongside child actors Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber. Based on Paul Gallico's 1957 novel Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God, the film was shot in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, and Pinewood Studios, England, with a screenplay by Gallico and Robert Westerby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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