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Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Joann Sfar, The Rabbi’s Cat tells the story of a rabbi and his talking cat – a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi’s voluptuous teenage daughter. Algeria in the 1930s is an intersection of Jewish, Arab and French culture. A cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and miraculously gains the ability to speak. Along with the power of speech comes unparalleled sardonic wit, and the cat – and filmmaker Sfar – spare no group or individual as they skewer faith, tradition and authority in a provocative exploration of (among other things) God, lust, death, phrenology, religious intolerance, interspecies love, and the search for truth. Rich with the colors, textures, flavors and music of Mediterranean Africa, the film embarks on a cross continent adventure from the tiled terraces, fountains, quays and cafes of colonial Algiers to Maghrebi tent camps, dusty trading outposts, and deep blue Saharan nights in search of a lost Ethiopian city.
Original Release
05/19/2011
US Release
03/25/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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François Morel | The Cat (voice) / Le Chat |
Hafsia Herzi | Zlabya, the Rabbi's Daughter (voice) / Zlabya |
Maurice Benichou | Le Rabbin Sfar / Le Lion / The Rabbi (voice) |
Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Malka of the Lions (voice) |
Francois Damiens | The Reporter (voice) |
Mohamed Fellag | Sheik Mohammed Sfar (voice) / Le Cheikh Sfar |
Daniel Cohen | The Rabbi's Master (voice) |
Eric Elmosnino | Professor Soliman (voice) |
Mathieu Amalric | The Prince (voice) |
Wojciech Pszoniak | Vastenov |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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François Morel | The Cat (voice) / Le Chat |
Hafsia Herzi | Zlabya, the Rabbi's Daughter (voice) / Zlabya |
Maurice Benichou | Le Rabbin Sfar / Le Lion / The Rabbi (voice) |
Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Malka of the Lions (voice) |
Francois Damiens | The Reporter (voice) |
Mohamed Fellag | Sheik Mohammed Sfar (voice) / Le Cheikh Sfar |
Daniel Cohen | The Rabbi's Master (voice) |
Eric Elmosnino | Professor Soliman (voice) |
Mathieu Amalric | The Prince (voice) |
Wojciech Pszoniak | Vastenov |
Sava Lolov | |
Alice Houri | Knidelette |
Marguerite Abouet | L'Africaine |
Karina Testa | |
Siham Gharnit | |
Jean-Claude Frissung | |
Jacky Ido | |
Pascal N'Zonzi | Premier Géant |
Binda Ngazolo | Deuxième Géant |
Anita Gabay |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Antoine Delesvaux | Producer |
Joann Sfar | Producer |
Clement Oubrerie | Producer |