The Case of the Grinning Cat

Chris Marker’s The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chats perchés) follows the appearance of the yellow M. Chat graffiti across Paris in the early 2000s, using it as a lens to reflect on art, protest, and politics in the post-9/11 era. Blending street imagery with footage of global and local unrest, the film serves as a playful yet pointed companion to Marker’s earlier A Grin Without a Cat.

• Chris MarkerDirector
• Chris MarkerWriter

• Bertrand CantatSelf - 1999 concert (archive footage)
• DieudonnéSelf - demonstration (archive footage)
• Léon SchwartzenbergSelf - demonstration (archive footage)
• Marina VladySelf (archive footage)
• Patrick Poivre d'ArvorSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Frédéric TaddeïSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Jacques ChiracSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Jean-Marie Le PenSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Jean-Pierre RaffarinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)