The smile of the cat
2020, Italian. Directed by Mario Brenta & Karine de Villers.
Alice asked. “which way should I go?” The cat replied, “that depends upon where you want to go.”
A look at reality as it appears today in the streets and cities as an image of the crisis and decline of western society in the era of globalization. Between wealth and poverty, between homologation and loss of identity, between reality and illusion, nothing more than a great fairy tale, a deception, a collective lie of which the representation of daily life becomes its disturbing metaphor. As disturbing as the smile of Alice's Cat in Wonderland, who, at the girl's request for help to find the way that leads her out of the woods, replies with her characteristic grin: "It all depends on where you want to go". The narrative voice is by Marco Paolini.
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 1 April 2020
- Original title
- Il sorriso del gatto
- Country
- Italy
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The smile of the cat runs 61 minutes (1h 1m).
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The smile of the cat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 2020. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like The smile of the cat?
If you liked The smile of the cat, try Naqoyqatsi, Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me, My Mom Jayne.
Who directed The smile of the cat?
The smile of the cat (2020) was directed by Mario Brenta and Karine de Villers.