Das merkwürdige Kätzchen

20132013
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 12min

6.6/10

A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.

6.6/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 8 nominations

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Trailer 1:43

The Strange Little Cat

Jenny Schily in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Anjorka Strechel and Luk Pfaff in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Leon Alan Beiersdorf in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Anjorka Strechel and Mia Kasalo in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Matthias Dittmer, Armin Marewski, and Leon Alan Beiersdorf in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Anjorka Strechel in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Armin Marewski and Jenny Schily in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen (2013)

Siblings Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and their little sister Clara. That evening, other relatives will be joining them for dinner. Over the course of the day, the washing machine is repaired, people sit together at the kitchen table, carry out an experiment with orange peel, talk about lungs, and sew on a button that was deliberately torn off. This sequence of family scenes in a Berlin flat complete with cat and dog creates a wondrous world of the everyday: Coming and going, all manner of doings, each movement leading to the next, one word following another. It is a carefully staged chain reaction of actions and sentences. And in between, silent gazes and anecdotes about experiences. The people act oddly even-temperedly; their dialogues are direct and unemotional. Even the pets and the material surroundings play a part. Some objects seem alive as if by magic. Commonplace actions and familiar items appear absurd and eerie in this narrative cosmos. Putting the absurdities of daily life on display and translating unspectacular events into an exciting choreography of everyday life, this film is no small feat. —Birgit Kohler

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Taglines
- Group Portrait with Cat
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The film is a loose adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

Top review

1/10

Great Documentary

Perhaps lost in translation but this film is basically a documenting of a day in the life of a family. The closest we get to any impact of the somewhat illustrated stress of that living (and what's unique about that?) is when mom looks like she might, just might, lose it. A plus though is the "feeling European" that comes through in mannerism and relationship. I grabbed it because it was my understanding that Bela Tarr was involved; turns out, he was, but in a relatively minor way (workshop, not class)that this film cannot be considered being done by one of his students. So count me among those who saw the film to the end but in the end, came away unimpressed. Unfortunately, the extras were a big disappointment shedding light only on the "source basis" for the film

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