Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)

An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.

Director:

Adrian Tofei

Writer:

Adrian Tofei

Stars:

Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Adrian Tofei	...	Adrian
Sonia Teodoriu	...	Sonya
Florentina Hariton	...	Flory
Alexandra Stroe	...	Alexandra

Storyline

An aspiring Romanian filmmaker and actor obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway tries to convince her to come to Romania and star alongside him in his upcoming film. He goes to shocking extremes using three local actresses to shoot demo scenes to send to Anne as proof of his filmmaking and acting skills.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | filmmaking | psychopath | psychological horror | obsession | 

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Taglines:

The film that required the ultimate sacrifice.

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 2016 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Radauti, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adrian Tofei

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Be My Cat's initial concept, the character played by Adrian Tofei was rescuing a captive girl trafficked by a dangerous pimp and taking her into the attic of his mom's house. The girl's initial joy of being saved from the pimp was soon to be replaced by the shocking realization that the guy who saved her is a psychopath who wants to turn her into his pet cat by implanting claws into her flesh and by other atrocities that he claims to do out of love, not realizing the pain he's causing. When the dangerous pimp finds Adrian's house and comes to take the girl back, she's faced with a huge dilemma: scream for help and risk being trafficked and raped in the Western EU, or stay with the romantic psycho who wants her to be his cat and live happily forever after in his attic. The confrontation between Adrian and the Pimp was going to change something in Adrian's awareness and transform him into a sort of antihero. But during pre-production, the actor who was going to play the pimp all of a sudden stopped answering Adrian Tofei's messages and calls. Adrian took that as a sign that he's not on the right path and decided not to replace him, but instead to change the movie's concept to not need that actor anymore.

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Quotes

Adrian: I will change the world with you, Anne!

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Connections

References The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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Soundtracks

Nu plecam acasa
Written by Stelian Maria
Performed by Cristian Paturca

User Reviews

No plot, no structure, no acting

I like indie's, found footage, horror and anything not from the Hollywood/American meat grinder. I'm a big horror fan and understand that low budgets, odd choices by the characters and sometimes questionable acting are just part of the package.

This is not a good film. This is not a good bad film.

There is essentially no plot. No structure or acts that I could discern.

You expect shaky camerawork on a found footage, but for a large portion of the movie's finale the camera isn't actually pointing at anything.

I wanted to give it 3/10 because I'm nice, as a piece of 'cinema' it deserves 1/10. 2/10 sits right in the middle.

Kudos to what's-his-name for managing to push this through to completion. The lack of a plot, structure or narrative clearly didn't hold him back.

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