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Cat Person

Susanna Fogel, USA, France 2023, 118’
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Twenty-year-old Margot meets an older, attractive Robert at the movies. On the second date, however, the girl experiences disappointment, and their relationship takes a dramatic turn. The film offers an unusual mix of thriller and comedy and asks questions about the status of male-female relationships.

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Susanna Fogel

Director, screenwriter and writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University. She has been published in „The New Yorker” and in 2017 she published the novel Nuclear Family: A Tragicomic Novel in Letters. Her directorial debut was Life Partners, which she co-wrote with Joni Lefkowitz. She also conceived and co-created the Chasing Life series which aired on ABC Family. Together with Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, and Katie Silberman, she wrote the well-received comedy Booksmart, which earned them a BAFTA nomination. Her latest film Cat Person premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

2014 Life Partners

2018 Szpieg, który mnie rzucił / The Spy Who Dumped Me

2023 Niebezpieczny kochanek / Cat Person

Cast & Crew

director Susanna Fogel
screenplay Michelle Ashford (na podstawie opowiadania/based on Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian)
cinematography Manuel Billeter
editing Jacob Craycroft
music Heather McIntosh
cast Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, Isabella Rossellini
producer Helen Estabrook, Jeremy Steckler
production StudioCanal, The New Yorker Studios
Polish distributor Kino Świat
language English
coloration colour
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