![]() ![]() If anything, the clever and fresh approach of the film’s opening reels (based on Volume One) could have served as a backbone for the entire movie, for its here that Sfar’s imaginative humor and provocative questioning of religious traditions are best on display.Ī vibrant chase set in a beautifully portrayed Algiers circa 1920 introduces us to the scrappy, quick-witted cat ( François Morel), and then to his owners, a local rabbi, Sfar, ( Maurice Benichou) and his voluptuous, earthy daughter, Zlabya ( Hafsia Herzi). ![]() First published in 2002, the five-part Ca tbecame a major hit in France, where the prolific Sfar had already made a name for himself writing and inking hundreds of successful titles ( Petit Vampire, Pascin, Les Carnets), which run the gamut from kids fantasy to adult-targeted and autobiographical fare.īased on stories from three of the volumes, the script (co-written with Sfar’s partner, Sandrina Jardel) lumps together lots of action in a not entirely compact 90 minutes, suffering in the long run from too many characters and scenarios, which may have been better stretched into a full-length cartoon series. ![]()
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