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Cat in the Wall

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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.

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Guy Lodge Variety 05/03/2020
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. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 08/21/2019
Although a little rough around the edges at times, the picture is never less than persuasive and honest. Sometimes brutally so. Go to Full Review Andreea Patru Vague Visages 12/06/2023
Refusing to look down on their characters, Kazakova and Mileva effectively portray disillusion by relying on familiarity and recognition to bring the marginalised closer. Go to Full Review Eulàlia Iglesias Fotogramas 10/18/2021
4/5
Transmits a reality as identifiable as it is complex. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) 08/02/2021
3/5
The film, a less tragic debtor to the Loach, turns the topic of immigrants upside down. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 12/14/2020
The character Irina explains with great lucidity... the controversies regarding social intolerance in rich countries. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Vesela Kazakova

Director

Mina Mileva

Director

Irina Atanasova

Irina

Angel Genov

Vladimir

Orlin Asenov

Jojo

Gilda Waugh

Debby

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Cat in the Wall

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Movie Info

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
Producer
Christophe Bruncher, Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Lambros Atteshlis
Screenwriter
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Genre
Drama, Documentary, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 23, 2020
Runtime
1h 31m