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The Rabbi's Cat is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Joann Sfar released in USA on 14 december 2012 with Hafsia Herzi
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 december 2012
Length 1h40
OriginFrance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Philosophie, Films about religion, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about cats, Films about birds, Films about Jews and Judaism, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating70%
The Rabbi's Cat (French: Le Chat du Rabbin) is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, based on volume one, two and five of Sfar's comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria. The voice cast includes François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Fellag, François Damiens and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
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The film takes place in the Jewish community of Algeria during the 1920s. One day a Rabbi finds that his talking parrot, which is very noisy, has been eaten by his cat and that the cat has gained the ability to speak in human tongues. However, the Rabbi finds that the cat is very rude and arrogant, so the rabbi teaches the cat about the Torah, with the cat deciding that if he is Jewish then he should receive a bar mitzvah, leading the two to consult with the rabbi's rabbi. The cat proceeds to mock and insult the rabbi's rabbi's strict views, who declares that the cat should be killed for its heresy. The rabbi takes his cat and leaves, mad at the cat for making a fool of his master, but the two eventually reach an agreement where the rabbi will teach the cat all about the Torah, and that someday he might have his bar mitzvah when he is ready.Actors
Hafsia Herzi
(Zlabya, rabbi's daughter (voice))
Maurice Bénichou
(Rabbi (voice))
François Morel
(The cat (voice))
Mohamed Fellag
(Sheik Mohammed Sfar (voice))
Alain Chabat
(Le chat du Rabbin)
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