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      Cat in the Wall

      2019 1h 31m Drama Documentary Comedy List
      100% 7 Reviews Tomatometer Life on a council estate in Brexit London -- gentrification plans bring astronomic bill for homeowners and aggravate the community. In the eye of the storm Irina, a Bulgarian single mother, tries to breakthrough as an architect and refuses to live on benefits like most of her neighbors. She galvanizes the homeowners to appeal against bill with the Council but the English assure her that any attempt to fight the system is doomed. Irina's family and people living on benefits clash over the ownership of a cat. А different side of British society is revealed to her and she realizes she is trapped in the walls of her property and metaphorically in her mind. She takes a drastic decision to change her life. Read More Read Less

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      Guy Lodge Variety Shot through with intimate love-hate knowledge of its South London turf, this is a funny, frustrated yell from a demographic tired of being talked over. May 3, 2020 Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International Although a little rough around the edges at times, the picture is never less than persuasive and honest. Sometimes brutally so. Aug 21, 2019 Full Review Andreea Patru Vague Visages Refusing to look down on their characters, Kazakova and Mileva effectively portray disillusion by relying on familiarity and recognition to bring the marginalised closer. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Eulàlia Iglesias Fotogramas Transmits a reality as identifiable as it is complex. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Oct 18, 2021 Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) The film, a less tragic debtor to the Loach, turns the topic of immigrants upside down. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Aug 2, 2021 Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine The character Irina explains with great lucidity... the controversies regarding social intolerance in rich countries. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 14, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Life on a council estate in Brexit London -- gentrification plans bring astronomic bill for homeowners and aggravate the community. In the eye of the storm Irina, a Bulgarian single mother, tries to breakthrough as an architect and refuses to live on benefits like most of her neighbors. She galvanizes the homeowners to appeal against bill with the Council but the English assure her that any attempt to fight the system is doomed. Irina's family and people living on benefits clash over the ownership of a cat. А different side of British society is revealed to her and she realizes she is trapped in the walls of her property and metaphorically in her mind. She takes a drastic decision to change her life.
      Director
      Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
      Screenwriter
      Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
      Genre
      Drama, Documentary, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 23, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 31m