The Case of the Grinning Cat
Chris Marker2006-12-20
6.9
59 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Bertrand Cantat | Self - 1999 concert (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dieudonné | Self - demonstration (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Léon Schwartzenberg | Self - demonstration (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Marina Vlady | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frédéric Taddeï | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jacques Chirac | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Marie Le Pen | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |