A Cat in Paris (2010) Une vie de chat (original title)

Directors:

Jean-Loup Felicioli
Alain Gagnol

Writers:

Alain Gagnol (dialogue)
Alain Gagnol (screenplay)
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Release Date:

15 December 2010 (Algeria)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Crime | Family

Tagline:

By Day Child's Pet, By Night Dangerous Thief.

Plot:

In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.

Plot Keywords:

Policewoman | Animal In Title | Mute Girl | Notre Dame Cathedral | Walking On A Roof

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Dominique Blanc	...	Jeanne (voice)
Bernadette Lafont	...	Claudine (voice)
Bruno Salomone	...	Nico (voice)
Jean Benguigui	...	Victor Costa (voice)
Oriane Zani	...	Zoé (voice)
Bernard Bouillon	...	Lucas (voice)
Jacques Ramade	...	Monsieur Bébé (voice)
Jean-Pierre Yvars	...	Monsieur Hulot (voice)
Patrick Ridremont	...	Monsieur Grenouille (voice)
Patrick Descamps	...	Monsieur Patate (voice)
Yves Barbaut	...	Garde 1 / Gardien Zoo
Line Wible	...	Vieille Dame
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Bauza	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
JB Blanc	...	Victor Costa (voice: US version)
Steve Blum	...	Nico (voice: US version)
Gregory Cupoli	...	Mister Frog (voice: US version)
Barbara Goodson	...	Old Lady (voice: US version)
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Jeanne (voice: US version)
Phillipe Hartman	...	Mister Hulot (voice: US version)
Philippe Hartmann	...	Mr. Hulot
Anjelica Huston	...	Claudine (voice: US version)
Matthew Modine	...	Lucas (voice: US version)
Mike Pollock	...	Mister Baby / Zookeeper (voice: US version)
Kristen Rutherford	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Marc Thompson	...	Mister Potato / Frank (voice: US version)
Lauren Weintraub	...	Zoe (voice: US version)

Directed by
Jean-Loup Felicioli
Alain Gagnol

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alain Gagnol		dialogue
Alain Gagnol		screenplay
Jacques-Rémy Girerd		dialogue
Michael Sinterniklaas		english adaptation

Produced by
Eric Beckman	....	producer (english language version)
Emmanuel Bernard	....	executive producer
Annemie Degryse	....	associate producer
Arnaud Demuynck	....	associate producer
Jacques-Rémy Girerd	....	producer
David Jesteadt	....	producer (english language version)
Michael Sinterniklaas	....	producer (english language version)

Original Music by
Serge Besset

Film Editing by
Hervé Guichard

Casting by
Stephanie Sheh

Production Design by
Jean-Loup Felicioli

Production Management
Catherine Blanc-Maurizi	....	executive in charge of production

Sound Department
Samuel Billot	....	sound recordist
Rainier Buidin	....	sound mixer
Rainier Buidin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Loïc Burckhardt	....	supervising sound editor (sound designer)
Dariusz Kowalczyk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Luc Thomas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Flavien Van Haezevelde	....	assistant sound editor
Elias Vervecken	....	foley artist assistant

Special Effects by
Izu Troin	....	special effects supervisor

Animation Department
Constantin Beine	....	animator
Xavier Cruz	....	animator
Rémi Durin	....	animator
Alain Gagnol	....	animator
Paul Jadoul	....	animator
Antoine Lanciaux	....	animator
Sylvie Léonard	....	animator
Jérémie Mazurek	....	animator
Laurent Repiton	....	animator
Morten Riisberg Hansen	....	animator
Marc Robinet	....	animator
Pieter Samyn	....	animator
Iouri Tcherenkov	....	animator
Izu Troin	....	sequence director (title sequence)
Pascal Vermeersch	....	key animator

Music Department
Stéphane Cortial	....	musician

Other crew
Lieven Vanhove	....	digital film mastering

Production Companies

• Folimage
• Digit Anima (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Lumière (co-production)
• Lunanime (co-production)
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (co-production)
• Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (co-production)
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions (Film Score Recording)

Distributors

• Benelux Film Distributors (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Gébéka Films (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2010) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2011) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Paris Eiga Co. (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Agora Films (2011) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Falcon Films (2011) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• P.F.A. Films (2013) (Italy) (all media)
• Palace Films (2011) (Australia) (all media)

Also Known As:

"Une vie de chat" - France (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild violence and action, and some thematic material

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

France | Netherlands | Switzerland | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

USA:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:6 | Belgium:Tous | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | South Korea:12 | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Japan:G

Company:

Folimage

Trivia:

This film was one of a number of movies that were in competition at the 2012 Academy Awards that was related to France and French culture in some way. The films included The Artist (2011/I), Hugo (2011), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Puss in Boots (2011) from the French fairy-tale by Charles Perrault, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and A Cat in Paris (2010). Interestingly though, there was no French film nominated for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 2012.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012) (TV)

Surprisingly satisfying entertainment for a short film

At 70 minutes, "A Cat in Paris" is the little film that could. The hand-drawn animated film packs a surprising amount of action and pathos into a children's cartoon and weaves a fairly rich back story that lends heft to the battle that unfolds between a cat burglar and the cat he shares with the local police chief versus the leader of a ring of art thieves. Leave it to the French to give the older child target audience some real narrative meat to chew on - although the action can be a little rough at times and some scenes will clearly scare younger viewers. The hand-drawn animation technique amplifies the scare factor but equally amplifies the warmth factor with scenes of the Dino the cat (and cat burglar)sinuously jumping from Parisian rooftop to rooftop approaching art. While the film is mostly beautiful to look at there are some plot problems such as the movie never stopping to explain how the older, puffy antagonist can keep up with our experienced cat burglar and his feline accomplice step-for-step across the Paris skyline. Also, action scenes too heavily dominate the run-time so at times it feels like Mel Gibson action movies from the 1990's. In short, the brief run time and a lack of memorable characters recommend it to a rental rather than a $12 a kid multiplex visit but it is a charming little film.