The Strange Little Cat

– It is a Saturday in autumn, and Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and youngest sister Clara..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 12 Minutes
Release Year:
2013
Original Name:
Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
The Strange Little Cat (2013) - Also known as Das merkwürdige Kätzchen

It is a Saturday in autumn, and Karin and Simon are visiting their parents and youngest sister Clara. This family gathering provides the occasion for a dinner together, at which other relatives appear over the course of the day. While the family members animate the apartment’s space with their conversations, everyday activities and cooking preparations, the cat and dog range through the various rooms. they too become a central element in this quotidian familial dance that repeatedly manifests stylized elements, disrupting any naturalistic mode of presentation. In this way, adjoining spaces open up between family drama, fairy tale and the psychological study of a mother.

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The Strange Little Cat (2013) - Trailer

Release Date:

02 Jan 2014

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Ramon Zürcher

Writer:

Ramon Zürcher (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Leon Alan Beiersdorf, Matthias Dittmer, Lea Draeger, Monika Hetterle

Plot:

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.

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Kimstim

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
Metacritic:
80%