When the Cat's Away is a 1996 French

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 directed by Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII...

. The movie is setting in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 and stars Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem is an award-winning French film actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch.-Selected filmography:* JCVD * The Names of Love * Nothing to Declare...

, Renée Le Calm, Olivier Py

Olivier Py

Olivier Py is a French stage director, actor and writer.In 1997, Py became director of the Centre Dramatique National d'Orléans. In 2007, he became director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon....

, Romain Duris

Romain Duris

-Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune...

, Hélène de Fougerolles

Hélène de Fougerolles

Hélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...

 and others.

Plot

This is the story of a young woman living in Paris, and more particularly in the Bastille neighborhood, who has lost her cat. Through the pursuit of the cat, the film allows the spectator to discover the contrasts of the district, which is evolving from a typical Parisian district to a modern and young district, and the contrast between its inhabitants, among them a nice simpleton and the old women who are bored. In fact it’s the story of a village in a large city and Cédric Klapisch shows once again the behaviour of one individual inside a group, as he did it in Le péril jeune

Le péril jeune

Le péril jeune is a 1994 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch. It is a comedy-drama starring among others Romain Duris , Nicolas Koretzky , Joachim Lombard , Vincent Elbaz , Julien Lambroschini , Élodie Bouchez , Julie-Anne Rauth , Hélène de Fougerolles , Lisa Faulkner and Jackie Berroyer...

or Riens du tout

Riens du tout

Riens du tout is a 1992 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch. The screenplay was written by himself with Jackie Berroyer...

. This time he has succeeded in joining together actors, theatre actors and residents of the district, creating a credible atmosphere and that is probably the reason for the success of this film outside France.