

The Case of the Grinning Cat
2006 · Movie · 59m
DocumentaryMade-for-TV
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
79/100
Key crew
- Chris MarkerDirector
- Chris MarkerWriter
Cast
- 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)
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