The Rabbi's Cat is adapted from volumes one, two, and five of Joann Sfar's popular comic-book series of the same name.

"An absorbing, nuanced, and vividly animated tale of adventure, ambivalent morality and talking animals."- Village Voice

THE RABBI'S CAT (LE CHAT DU RABBIN)
By Joann Sfar & Antoine Delesvaux
with the voices of Mathieu Amalric, François Damiens, Éric Elmosnino, Hafsia Herzi 
2011 | Animation | 1h29 | France

Algiers, 1920s. Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter Zlabya is transforming into a teenager, and even worse, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking. The Rabbi’s life grows all the more complicated when a box arrives from Russia with a painter inside. Ultimately Rabbi Sfar ends up on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city of origin in Africa.

Presented in partnership with the Columbia Maison Française 

Film in French with English subtitles
FREE and open to the public

LOCATION: Maison Française of Columbia University, East Gallery, Buell Hall (at 116th street)

DATE-TIME: Thursday September 10, 2015 - 7:30pm

More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/707702652691880/