The Case of the Grinning Cat
Chris Marker2006-12-20
6.938
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 |