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16 December 1977 (Italy) more
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Amedeo (Ugo Tognazzi) and Ofelia (Mariangela Melato), middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent... more | add synopsis
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THE CAT (Luigi Comencini, 1977) *** more (1 total)

Cast

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Ugo Tognazzi ... Amedeo Pecoraro
Mariangela Melato ... Ofelia Pecoraro
Michel Galabru ... Francisci
Dalila Di Lazzaro ... Wanda Yukovich
Philippe Leroy ... Don Pezzolla, the priest
Jean Martin ... Legrand
Aldo Reggiani ... Salvatore
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Armando Brancia ... Police Chief
Mario Brega ... killer
Emilio Buonocore
Raffaele Curi
Nerina Di Lazzaro ... Signora Tiberini
Lino Fuggetta ... Signor Tiberini
Bruno Gambarotta ... lawyer
Fabio Gamma ... gangster
Adriana Innocenti ... The 'Princess'
Amedeo Matacena ... Garofalo
Ugo Niutta
Pino Patti ... the super
Franco Santelli ... Police officer
Pietro Saraceni
Matteo Spinola
Vittorio Zarfati
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Also Known As:
Qui a tué le chat? (France)
The Cat
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109 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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THE CAT (Luigi Comencini, 1977) ***, 18 April 2007
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Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

This delightful black comedy was one of three films I watched in tribute to Italian director Comencini who died recently aged 90. It is often hilarious and boasts several exquisite characterizations, led by two incomparable stars - Ugo Tognazzi and Mariangela Melato - in top form (the latter was in fact awarded the David di Donatello, Italy's equivalent of the Oscar, as Best Actress).

Like Comencini's earlier THE Sunday WOMAN (1975), the film takes several swipes at a particular strata of Italian society - in this case, the petite bourgeoisie. Tognazzi and Melato own a dilapidated condominium and the plot follows their various attempts to evict the tenants, so that an ultra-modern one can be erected in its place thus making themselves rich in the process; still, the two of them hate each other's guts and don't think twice about cheating one another! Events come to a head when the titular feline, owned by the two and which causes no end of mischief to the rest of the inhabitants, turns up dead: they hassle the police to find the killer of their pet, but he repeatedly shuns them - little knowing that the investigation they eventually conduct on their own leads to multiple criminal cases (prostitution and drug rackets) and even political scandals (a high state official is a homosexual who's being blackmailed by the Mafia)!

The complex plot - taking several surprising turns along the way, including Tognazzi's involvement with the sluttish Dalila di Lazzaro and Melato's awkward seduction of priest Philippe Leroy! - renders the film somewhat overlong, but it's buoyed by an infectious score from the one and only Ennio Morricone (which is itself utilized for comic counterpoint during the climactic trial sequence). Incidentally, the film's executive producer was one Sergio Leone!

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