A Cat's Life

Name: A Cat's Life
Director: Guillaume Maidatchevsky

Feature Film | 2021-2023 | Adventure, Animals, Family, Film based on literary source | France, Switzerland

Director	Guillaume Maidatchevsky
Written by	Michaël Souhaité, Guillaume Maidatchevsky, Maurice Genevoix (literary source)
Production	MC4 Productions [fr], Orange Studio [fr], Gédéon Programmes [fr], JMH & Filo Films [ch]
Distributor	M2 Films [pl], Orange Studio [fr], Plaion Pictures Srl [it], UGC - Union Générale Cinématographique [fr], Capelight Pictures [de]

Start of shooting	20/07/2021
End of shooting	10/06/2022
Locations	Grand Est (Vosges et Nancy), Centre-Val de Loire, Paris
Filming regions	France - Centre-Val de Loire, France - Grand Est, France - Paris Île-de-France

Film financing	Grand Est Region [fr]
Length of movie	1h 23min
Aspect ratio	Cinemascope (1 : 2,39)
Sound format	Dolby SRD / Dolby digital (5.1, 6 channels)

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Capucine Sainson-Fabresse	Clémence [L]
Corinne Masiero	Madeleine [L]
Nicolas Casar-Umbdenstock	Fred, Clémence's father [SR]
Lucie Laurent	Isa, Clémence's mother [SR]
Juliette Gillis	Clémence's friend [SR]

Activity	Name	Comment
1st AD	Mélanie Caudron
Colorist	Stéphane Azouze-Cardin
Director of photography	Daniel Meyer [1]
Still photographer	Olivier Toussaint
Still photographer	Raoul Gilibert
Casting director	Sylvie Brocheré
Casting assistant	Caroline Wormser
Costume designer	Marie Credou
Director	Guillaume Maidatchevsky
Script supervisor	Valentine Traclet
Editor	Jeanne Kef
Grip	Damien Lemercier
Grip	Ludo Jack
Gaffer	Benoît Dupont
Best boy electric	Rémy Pigeard
Additional electrician	Alexandre Nickels
Additional electrician	Sébastien Lane
Composer	Julien Jaouen
Producer	Stéphane Millière
Producer	Jean-Pierre Bailly
Production designer	Marina Caudron
Location scout	Julien Le Roux
Additional location scout	Pauline Mathieu
Production manager	Benoît Charrié
Production manager	Caroline Maret
Unit manager (local system)	Julien Le Roux
Assistant location manager	Pierre-Antoine Louis
Production assistant	Victor Cuvillier
Production assistant	Léo Mercklé Stage manager + Swiss Army knife	Stage manager + Swiss Army knife
Screenwriter	Guillaume Maidatchevsky
Screenwriter	Michaël Souhaité
Literary source	Maurice Genevoix novel	novel
Production sound mixer	Clément Maurin
Production sound mixer	Arnaud Mellet
Boom operator	Camille Schirmer Perchman	Perchman
Sound re-recording mixer	Loïc Gourbe
Sound editor	Samuel Potin
Animal trainer	Jean-François Lefebvre
Animal trainer	Marine Blanchet
Animal trainer	Emilie Anceau
Animal trainer	Lisa Humblot
Animal trainer	Mélanie Rabin
Animal trainer	Muriel Bec

Company	Comment
MC4 Productions [fr]
Orange Studio [fr]
Gédéon Programmes [fr]
JMH & Filo Films [ch] coproduction	coproduction

Company	Comment
M2 Films [pl] Poland	Poland
Orange Studio [fr]
Plaion Pictures Srl [it]
UGC - Union Générale Cinématographique [fr]
Capelight Pictures [de] Germany (theatrical)	Germany (theatrical)

Department	Company	Comment
Animals for Film	Animal Contact [fr]
Production Support	Bureau des Images Grand Est Soutien Région Grand Est et PLATO Comm	Soutien Région Grand Est et PLATO Comm

Type	Country	Date
Theatre release	Italy	Thursday, 18/04/2024
Theatre release	USA	Friday, 29/03/2024
Theatre release	Poland	Friday, 15/09/2023
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 20/07/2023
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 05/04/2023