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3 November 1994 (Germany)
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After his owner relocates, the cat Francis in involved in a series of cat murders in the new neighborhood...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Ulrich Tukur | ... | Francis (voice) |
| Mario Adorf | ... | Blaubart (voice) |
| Helge Schneider | ... | Jesaja (voice) |
| Wolfgang Hess | ... | Kong (voice) |
| Gerhard Garbers | ... | Pretorius (voice) |
| Ulrich Wildgruber | ... | Joker (voice) |
| Mona Seefried | ... | Felicitas (voice) |
| Manfred Steffen | ... | Gustav (voice) |
 | Uwe Ochsenknecht | ... | Archie (voice) |
| Michaela Amler | ... | Nhozemphtekh (voice) |
| Christian Schneller | ... | Mendel (voice) |
| Tobias Lelle | ... | Hermann 1 (voice) |
 | Frank Röth | ... | Hermann 2 (voice) |
| Alexandra Mink | ... | Pepeline (voice) (as Alexandra Ludwig-Hahn) |
 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... | Pascal / Claudandus (voice) |
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Factual errors: Pascal mentions the genus of Felidae, when in fact this genus does not exist. Felidae is actually a family, which contains all the different cat genus, such as Felis (the small cats).
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References The AristoCats (1970)
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Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
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I don't find "Felidae" interesting for it's confusing story, which I must admit, I lost interest in. The plot sure does tackle a lot in the story, from genetics to animal cruelty to surreal dream sequences (all of which, when viewed outside of the story are still interesting to see animated), which I'm sure is somewhat true to it's literature source material. The plot is all trite dialogue and the characters aren't interesting enough to be engaging. In fact, they sort of repel the viewer out of the story and leave you with the animation to view.
I don't find the film interesting for it's extremely violent content. Although I must say, this film takes the cake as the most violent animated film that I've ever seen. It's got "The Plague Dogs" beat, as psychologically disturbing as that film is. It doesn't come close to the presentation and sheer gore of this film. Or even, I wasn't shocked by the fact that the film has the only animated sequence of mating that I've come across, but that fact did have a lot to do with what I found so interesting about this film.
I find the film fascinating because, aside from the obvious fact that we're hearing the feline characters, perhaps not literally, speaking a human language (depending on what what version you find, I could only view the English dub) and going about activities that are very human in nature (pertaining only to the whole mystery aspect), this is the most accurate depiction of animalistic behavior that I've ever seen in animation, at least by anthromorphization standards. This is most revealing in the attitude of the protagonist, upon discovering an admirable character's death, (after clichéd film conventions would call for otherwise) recovers instantly and never dwells in the past with his feelings focusing on that time. An odd thing for a human to digest, but so seemingly true for animals not as sentient as us and caring more toward long time family members (at least it seems that way). Due to this, the overall effect it that the film is isolated from our mentality. It's the only film I've seen that doesn't seem to recognize that it was conceived by humans.
I wouldn't say I felt much after watching this film, aside from witnessing something so different that it makes you really ponder the possibilities of animation, which really should be stretched to more artistic lengths, given it's vast flexibility and tendency toward being accepted by a mature audience despite it's absurdities.