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The Case of the Grinning Cat

69% | Dec 20, 2006 | Documentary, TV Movie

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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Chris Marker
Director
Chris Marker
Writer

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Bertrand Cantat
Self - 1999 concert (archive footage)
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Dieudonné
Self - demonstration (archive footage)
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Léon Schwartzenberg
Self - demonstration (archive footage)
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Marina Vlady
Self (archive footage)
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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