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Le chat (French)
Location
Main screening room
Date
January 21st, 2025
Duration
86 min
Cycle
Face-to-face

This program brings together several film duos, exploring the unique dynamics of face-to-face encounters. These interactions can take the form of a chase, a direct confrontation, a tense meeting behind closed doors, or a spectacular final showdown. Antagonists, doubles, adversaries, or alter egos: these are all troubled relationships that unite and tear apart the protagonists, between fascination and aversion.

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor & Best Actress, 1971 Berlin International Film Festival

The Cat
Directed by
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Language
French
Actors
Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy
Origins
France, Italy
Year
1971
Duration
86 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

An old couple, living in a house in the suburbs for the past twenty-five years, are torn apart. Julien, a retired factory worker, no longer has any feelings for Clémence, a former trapeze artist, and now prefers an alley cat to her, of which his wife is fiercely jealous.

The Cat
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Pierre Granier-Deferre

Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French director known for his traditional approach to filmmaking, standing in contrast to the experimental tendencies of the French New Wave. After completing his studies, he honed his craft as an assistant director, working alongside cinematic greats such as Marcel Carné, Marcel Camus, and Jean-Paul Le Chanois. In 1961, Granier-Deferre directed his first notable feature, Le petit garçon de l'ascenseur. Over the course of his career, until 2006, he directed over forty films and television productions, collaborating with iconic actors such as Simone Signoret, Lino Ventura, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, and Romy Schneider. He won the Louis Delluc Prize for Une étrange affaire in 1981 and the César Award for Best Writing for L'étoile du Nord in 1982.

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