The Case of the Grinning Cat

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The Case of the Grinning Cat

2006 · documentary · movie7.84 ratings

Chris Marker’s The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chats perchés) follows the appearance of the yellow M. Chat graffiti across Paris in the early 2000s, using it as a lens to reflect on art, protest, and politics in the post-9/11 era. Blending street imagery with footage of global and local unrest, the film serves as a playful yet pointed companion to Marker’s earlier A Grin Without a Cat.

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Bertrand Cantat

Bertrand Cantat

Self - 1999 concert (archive footage)

Dieudonné

Dieudonné

Self - demonstration (archive footage)

Léon Schwartzenberg

Léon Schwartzenberg

Self - demonstration (archive footage)

Marina Vlady

Marina Vlady

Self (archive footage)

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frédéric Taddeï

Frédéric Taddeï

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

director

Chris Marker

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documentary, tv movie

original title

Chats perchés