Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol

A Cat In Paris isn't the typical Disney-style animated feature with cuddly characters and a storyline steeped in sentimentality. The cartoon borrows as much from film noir as it does from The Aristocats.

It's about a cat with a double life. By day, Dino is the beloved pet of lonely girl Zoe, whose police officer mother Jeanne works punishing hours and whose father was gunned down by gangsters. By night, Dino takes to the rooftops of Paris with Nico, a professional burglar. Two Flemish animators, Pieter Samyn and Pascal Vermeersch, were a key part of the Cat Squad.

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