Rent a Cat
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Film description
Sayoko has a gift – she makes friends with cats. She's not that good with people. One day, she has a brilliant idea – she will rent the furry vagabonds to those who need their comforting company. Not everyone can be a cat carer, though, so the candidates must go through a special recruitment procedure.
The protagonist herself is a bit like a cat – she follows her own paths. She is also a bit lonely, but the director shows this experience without sentimentality. Each character goes through it differently – with despair, peacefully, or defiantly. The film is lined with melancholy, but the energetic, unconventional character, Sayako, takes all patterns and stereotypes apart. Ogigami is known for her attention to detail – the careful frame compositions, and the diligently arranged interiors of the cats' new homes, speak about the characters stronger than words. The film, filled with warm colors, colorful characters, and car purring, is a nice, yet very intelligent story about an original way of life.
Remembering Jagoda Murczyńska – a meeting
The author of "Rent-A-Cat", Naoko Ogigami, was one of the favorite directors of our friend Jagoda Murczyńska – this year’s Five Flavours is dedicated to her memory. After the screening, we invite you to stay and join us in remembering our dear colleague, whose passing was a horrible blow to us and to many festival viewers.
Naoko Ogigami
Born in 1972 in the Chiba Prefecture. In 1994 she left for the US where she studied directing at University of South California. Her sweet and melancholic films, with a characteristic visual style, are enormously popular among the audiences, often appearing at international festivals.
1999 Ayako (short)
2003 Barber Yoshino / Yoshino's Barber Shop
2004 Koi wa go-shichi-go! / Love Is Five, Seven, Five!
2005 Kamome shokudo / Kamome Diner
2007 Okulary / Megane / Glasses
2010 Toiretto / Toilet
2012 Kot do wynajęcia / Rentaneko / Rent-a-Cat
2017 Po nitce do kłębka / Karera Ga Honki De Amu Toki wa / Close-Knit
2021 Kawapperi Mukoritta / Riverside Mukolitta
Karera Ga Honki De Amu Toki wa
