The Strange Little Cat

Das merkwürdige Kätzchen

2013·72'

Ramon Zürcher

FamilyDramaComedy

★ 6.6

Letterboxd TMDB #164328

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.

Cast

Anjorka Strechel Karin

Jenny Schily Mutter

Matthias Dittmer Vater

Luk Pfaff Simon

Monika Hetterle Großmutter

Kathleen Morgeneyer Hanna

Gustav Körner Nachbarsjunge

Leon Beiersdorf Jonas

Armin Marewski Schwager

Mia Kasalo Clara

Sabine Werner

Lea Draeger