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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]
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.
- (3.8K)
- Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar
- 2011-06-01
It tells the story of a cat, which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria. The voice cast includes François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Fellag, François Damiens and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
- Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar
In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master’s consternation, the cat...
- 13 min
- 602
- Literally Graphic
It is an imaginative and artistic work about a family in 1920s-1930s Algeria—the 60 year old widowed Rabbi Sfar (Maurice Benichou-voice), his fetching daughter Zlabya (Hafsia Herzi-voice) their annoying squawky parrot (Olivier Broche-voice) and their super- intelligent cat (Francois Morel-voice).
The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.
Jan 23, 2013 · Directed by Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, “The Rabbi’s Cat” features a cast headed by François Morel as the cat, Maurice Bénichou (the rabbi), and Hafsia Herzi (the rabbi’s daughter Zlabya).
