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French | Le chat du rabbin |
Directed by | Joann Sfar Antoine Delesvaux |
Screenplay by | Joann Sfar Sandrina Jardel |
Based on | The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar |
Produced by | Clément Oubrerie Antoine Delesvaux Joann Sfar |
Starring | François Morel Hafsia Herzi Maurice Bénichou Fellag François Damiens Jean-Pierre Kalfon |
Edited by | Maryline Monthieux |
Music by | Olivier Daviaud |
Production company | Autochenille Production |
Distributed by | UGC Distribution |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | €12.5 million[1] |
Box office | $4.2 million[1] |
The Rabbi's Cat (French: Le chat du rabbin) is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux,[2] based on volumes one, two and five of Sfar's comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat, who obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria.[3] The voice cast includes François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Fellag, François Damiens and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.