When the Cat's Away...

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When the Cat's Away...

R

1996

1h 30m

Romance

Comedy

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Chloé (Garance Clavel) desperately wants to go on vacation but needs to find a caretaker for her cat, Gris-Gris. After her flamboyant roommate, Michel (Olivier Py), declines to help, Chloé entrusts her cat to Madame Reneé (Renée Le Calm). When she returns from her trip, Chloé learns Gris-Gris has disappeared without a trace. Determined to find her precious cat, Chloé turns to, among others, Djamel (Zinedine Soualem), a shy Arab, and a hard-drinking musician (Romain Duris) for help.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

3/4

When the Cat's Away is like a very subtle, curious, edgy documentary, in which we get interested in Chloe because she has lost her cat, and by the end we almost have to be reminded that the cat is missing.

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Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

09/25/2005

4/5

A charming French import with lots of heart.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

06/29/2005

3/5

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

03/19/2004

4/5

Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

12/22/2003

4/5

Jim Shelby

Palo Alto Weekly

05/20/2003

2.5/4

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Cédric Klapisch

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Synopsis

Chloé (Garance Clavel) desperately wants to go on vacation but needs to find a caretaker for her cat, Gris-Gris. After her flamboyant roommate, Michel (Olivier Py), declines to help, Chloé entrusts her cat to Madame Reneé (Renée Le Calm). When she returns from her trip, Chloé learns Gris-Gris has disappeared without a trace. Determined to find her precious cat, Chloé turns to, among others, Djamel (Zinedine Soualem), a shy Arab, and a hard-drinking musician (Romain Duris) for help.

Director: Cédric Klapisch
Producer: Aïssa Djabri, Farid Lahouassa, Manuel Munz
Screenwriter: Cédric Klapisch
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 1996, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1