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The Cat

The Cat

Horror · Mystery · 2011

So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.

Movie details

The Cat

“How Many Lives Do YOU Have?”

2011 Horror · Mystery 1h 46m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

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So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Who fights over The Cat?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Byun Seung-wook

Written by

Byun Seung-wook · Jang Yoon-mi

Park Min-young

Park Min-young

So-yeon

Kim Dong-wook

Kim Dong-wook

Jun-seok

Kim Ye-ron

Kim Ye-ron

Hee-jin

Shin Da-eun

Shin Da-eun

Bo-hee

Lee Sang-hee

Lee Sang-hee

District Captain

Jo Hyun-wu

Jo Hyun-wu

Chief Park

Park Hyun-young

Park Hyun-young

Constable Kim

Court is in session

Put The Cat on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.