Cat People

Cat People

1982 · 118 min · EN · R · 6.0 (566 votes)
Dir. Paul Schrader · Starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr. · Music Giorgio Moroder

They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.

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After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

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This film is a seductive, dreamlike descent into primal desires and dangerous transformations. It feels like a dark, sensual fantasy, steeped in a mysterious atmosphere where forbidden urges lurk beneath a sleek, stylized surface, building a unique blend of eroticism and supernatural dread.

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