The Case of the Grinning Cat (2004)

Original title

Chats perchés

Directed by

Chris Marker

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

59 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a mysterious cat graffiti that appears across Paris. It mixes this whimsical search with news footage about politics and world events from the early 2000s.

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What happens

The Case of the Grinning Cat (original French title: Chats Perchés) is a 2004 essay film by Left Bank filmmaker Chris Marker. The film documents the mysterious M. Chat graffiti appearing around Paris, juxtaposed with post-9/11 political and international events of the early 2000s. The film is a sequel of sorts to Marker's 1977 film A Grin Without a Cat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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