The Cat

The Cat

1977 · 106 min · IT · 6.4 (30 votes)
Dir. Luigi Comencini · Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Jean Martin, Aldo Reggiani · Music Ennio Morricone
ComedyMysteryCrime

Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent, but still attractive, condominium. They want to sell it, but before they have to evict all the tenants. Of course, these don't want to leave at all. The cat (Il Gatto), mascot and beloved by all, dies and this gives the two an excuse to enter the tenants' life. Amedeo starts to court the young Wanda and Ofelia seduces the priest Don Pezzolla. In the meantime police is looking for the cat killer...

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A darkly comedic and unsettling Italian thriller. It’s a decadent, character-driven descent into greed and desire, where everyone’s got an angle and the atmosphere is thick with unspoken tensions and questionable motives.

quirkydarkly comedicuneasycampysteadyEuro-sleazegiallo-adjacentperiod piecegreedmanipulationdesiresocial decay
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