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The Rabbi's Cat (French: Le chat du rabbin) is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, [2] based on volumes one, two and five of Sfar's comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat, who obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria. [3]
Apr 23, 2014 · Here’s a panel. Just look at how he draws that cat. Tell me this isn’t the most true and hilarious representation of a cat you’ve ever seen: Sfar’s done a couple movies, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life in 2010 (?) and a film adaptation of The Rabbi’s Cat in 2011. I wanted to like the movie more than I did.
The Rabbi's Cat: Directed by Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar. With François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
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- Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar
- 2011-06-01
Dec 7, 2012 · The frisky kitty at the heart of “The Rabbi’s Cat” — an endearingly loopy animated feature from Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux — is hairless, bunny-eared and intent on preparing for ...
- Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar
Sephardi on his father’s side and Ashkenazi on his mother’s, Sfar created “The Rabbi’s Cat” graphic novels beginning in 2005— critical darlings, steeped in Jewish Algerian-French lore, yet...
Director Joann Sfar sat down with Film Society's Marian Masone for a Q&A following a screening of his graphic novel adaptation "Rabbi's Cat" at New Directors...
Jun 1, 2011 · France’s favorite kosher kitty gets a big screen 3D grooming in The Rabbi’s Cat (Le Chat du rabbin), author and co-director Joann Sfar’s adaptation of his highly successful comic book...
