In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.In Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Dominique Blanc
- Jeanne
- (voice)
Bernadette Lafont
- Claudine
- (voice)
Bruno Salomone
- Nico
- (voice)
Jean Benguigui
- Victor Costa
- (voice)
Oriane Zani
- Zoé
- (voice)
Bernard Bouillon
- Lucas
- (voice)
Jacques Ramade
- Monsieur Bébé
- (voice)
Yves Barbaut
- Garde 1
- (voice)
- …
Line Wiblé
- Vieille Dame
- (voice)
JB Blanc
- Victor Costa
- (English version)
- (voice)
Steve Blum
- Nico
- (English version)
- (voice)
Marcia Gay Harden
- Jeanne
- (English version)
- (voice)
Anjelica Huston
- Claudine
- (English version)
- (voice)
Matthew Modine
- Lucas
- (English version)
- (voice)
Lauren Weintraub
- Zoe
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film was one of a number of movies that were in competition at the 2012 Academy Awards that was related to France and French culture in some way. The films included The Artist (2011), Hugo (2011), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Puss in Boots (2011) from the French fairy-tale by Charles Perrault, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and A Cat in Paris (2010). Interestingly though, there was no French film nominated for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 2012.
- GoofsIn the winter scene at the end, Rufus's ears are seen passing through the accumulated snow, but nothing else. If a dog walked through snow in such a manner, its entire body would be visible.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits play over an animation of characters, action and backgrounds seen during the film proper. The major difference between this animation and the film is that this animation is black silhouettes on a blue background.
- Alternate versionsThere are three versions. These are the times: "1 hr 10 min (70 min) 1 hr 15 min (75 min) (DVD) 1 hr 2 min (62 min) (DVD) (Spain)".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012)
- SoundtracksI Wished On The Moon (78 RPM Version)
Written by Dorothy Parker (as D. Parker) and Ralph Rainger (as R. Rainger)
Performed by Billie Holiday
(P) Originally Reciorded 1935 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment France
Featured review
Surprisingly satisfying entertainment for a short film
At 70 minutes, "A Cat in Paris" is the little film that could. The hand-drawn animated film packs a surprising amount of action and pathos into a children's cartoon and weaves a fairly rich back story that lends heft to the battle that unfolds between a cat burglar and the cat he shares with the local police chief versus the leader of a ring of art thieves. Leave it to the French to give the older child target audience some real narrative meat to chew on - although the action can be a little rough at times and some scenes will clearly scare younger viewers. The hand-drawn animation technique amplifies the scare factor but equally amplifies the warmth factor with scenes of the Dino the cat (and cat burglar)sinuously jumping from Parisian rooftop to rooftop approaching art. While the film is mostly beautiful to look at there are some plot problems such as the movie never stopping to explain how the older, puffy antagonist can keep up with our experienced cat burglar and his feline accomplice step-for-step across the Paris skyline. Also, action scenes too heavily dominate the run-time so at times it feels like Mel Gibson action movies from the 1990's. In short, the brief run time and a lack of memorable characters recommend it to a rental rather than a $12 a kid multiplex visit but it is a charming little film.
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- Sep 17, 2012
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Життя кота
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $309,973
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $34,554
- Jun 3, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $2,082,071
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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