English Title: A cat in ParisCountry: France
Language: French
Director: Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Music: Serge Besset
An animated feature, for a change it is a hand drawn animation movie. What we used to call cartoon when we were kids !! This one is a noir movie, an interesting cartoon noir.
A simple storyline, 4 main characters and a cat – A police detective, her daughter who can’t speak (who eventually does !!), an acrobatic burglar and the cruel villain who murdered the detective’s husband and rendered her daughter mute.
The cat is the detective’s daughters pet and also the burglar’s accomplice / partner in crime. The cat accompanies the burglar every night, one night the young girl follows her pet to stumble upon the villains. The girl listens from the background as the villain’s gang plot to steal the statue of the colossus of Nairobi. The girl is caught eavesdropping by the gang of baddies, the burglar and the cat come to her rescue.
In this entire melee the burglar and the cat get caught by the police for a jewellary heist. They escape from the police to rescue the girl and the baddies are punished.
A superb noir and after a long time computers make way for hand drawn stuff. Most refreshing to see a ‘cartoon’ as opposed to the present day CG based ‘animation’. The background score is another plus for this movie. The other plus for this movie is the distinct lack of violence. It is a noir, yes but there isn’t any violence here.
Don’t miss the opening credit title... It is a dynamic title sequence with the cat hopping across the Parisian landscape as the title zips across the screen.
All the positives said, the statue of the colossus of Nairobi didn't need that long penis. Although the colossus is entitled to his manhood, flashing it in a classy film like this was completely unnecessary.
SuperWatch, a very strong contender for the Academy awards for an animated film.
