SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“[G]lories in striking silhouettes, a slinky ‘50s beat, a bright storybook palette and an entrancing brand of make-believe that grown-ups can believe in.”
70 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol. In English and French with English subtitles.
The Academy Award® nominated A Cat in Paris from directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol is a beautifully hand-drawn caper set in the shadow-drenched alleyways of Paris.
Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night Dino sneaks out the window to work with Nico – a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. Rife with film references (from Reservoir Dogs to Goodfellas to The Night of the Hunter), A Cat in Paris is a warm and richly humorous love letter to classic noir and American gangster films, with a jazz soundtrack featuring Billie Holiday.
Featuring the voices of Academy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), Academy Award® winner Anjelica Huston (The Royal Tenenbaums), and Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket).