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When the Cat's Away...

Play trailer When the Cat's Away... R,  1996,  1h 30m,  Romance/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
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.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 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. Go to Full Review
Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online Sep 25, 2005
4/5
A charming French import with lots of heart. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 29, 2005
3/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Mar 19, 2004
4/5
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Dec 22, 2003
4/5
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003
2.5/4
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Cast & Crew

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Cédric Klapisch

Director

Garance Clavel

Chloé

Zinedine Soualem

Djamel

Olivier Py

Michel

Renée Le Calm

Madame Renée

Romain Duris

Le joueur de batterie

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When the Cat's Away...

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Movie Info

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
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