Animation of the Week
The Rabbi's Cat (French: Le Chat du Rabbin) is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, based on volumes one, two, and five of Joann Sfar's graphic novel series with the same title.
The premise tells the adventures of a cat, which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and his owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria. The two embark on a grand and marvelous adventure along with a Sheik, a donkey, and a Russian painter to find a lost Jewish-Ethiopian city. This film is a wonderful, clever, sardonic exploration of God, faith, love, and the search for truth.
Watch the trailer here:
For fans of: The Thief & the Cobbler; The Secret of Kells; and French and Iranian/Middle Eastern animations.