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      When the Cat's Away...

      R Released Jun 20, 1996 1h 30m Romance Comedy List
      88% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Chloé (Garance Clavel) desperately wants to go on vacation but needs to find a caretaker for her cat, Gris-Gris. After her flamboyant roommate, Michel (Olivier Py), declines to help, Chloé entrusts her cat to Madame Reneé (Renée Le Calm). When she returns from her trip, Chloé learns Gris-Gris has disappeared without a trace. Determined to find her precious cat, Chloé turns to, among others, Djamel (Zinedine Soualem), a shy Arab, and a hard-drinking musician (Romain Duris) for help. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Even though understand it was a 1996 French film, & directed by Cédric Klapisch, still can't quite stand for its trivia & hollowness. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Characters and relations! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good movie, but very hard to find. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the most favorite French movie of mine ! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Sympathique petite aventure parisienne, c'est sympathique, frais, ça rappelle Mon Oncle et c'est bien plus léger que la meringuee Amelie Poulain Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member View it at Broadway when it was founded in 1990s. Like the cat named Grey-grey in French. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times When the Cat's Away is like a very subtle, curious, edgy documentary, in which we get interested in Chloe because she has lost her cat, and by the end we almost have to be reminded that the cat is missing. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online A charming French import with lots of heart. Rated: 4/5 Sep 25, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 4/5 Mar 19, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Chloé (Garance Clavel) desperately wants to go on vacation but needs to find a caretaker for her cat, Gris-Gris. After her flamboyant roommate, Michel (Olivier Py), declines to help, Chloé entrusts her cat to Madame Reneé (Renée Le Calm). When she returns from her trip, Chloé learns Gris-Gris has disappeared without a trace. Determined to find her precious cat, Chloé turns to, among others, Djamel (Zinedine Soualem), a shy Arab, and a hard-drinking musician (Romain Duris) for help.
      Director
      Cédric Klapisch
      Screenwriter
      Cédric Klapisch
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 20, 1996, Original
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.8M
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      1.66:1