Are We Not Cats
Festival Promotional Poster
Directed byXander Robin
Written byXander Robin
Produced by
  • Joshua Sobel
  • Thelonious Brooks
  • Xander Robin
Starring
CinematographyMatt Clegg
Edited by
  • Dustin Waldman
  • Xander Robin
Music by
Production
company
Greatest Planet On Earth
Distributed byCleopatra Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 9, 2016 (Venice)
  • February 23, 2018 (Theatrical)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90,000

Are We Not Cats is a 2016 horror romance film written and directed by Xander Robin, about two strangers who spark romance through an unusual habit. The film stars Michael Patrick Nicholson, Chelsea Lopez, and Michael Godere.

The film premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and was listed as one of the top 10 horror films of 2018 by Rotten Tomatoes.[1]

Synopsis

After losing his job, girlfriend, and home in a single day, Eli, a desperate twenty-something accepts a delivery job in a remote upstate backwater. There he meets Anya, a beguiling young woman with whom he shares a strange habit. Eli's skin picking is reminiscent of Excoriation disorder and Trichotillomania, while Anya's hair picking is reminiscent of Trichotillomania and Trichophagia, leading to a climactic case of Rapunzel syndrome.

Cast

  • Michael Patrick Nicholson as Eli
  • Chelsea Lopez as Anya
  • Michael Godere as Kyle
  • Dean Holtermann as Al
  • Charles Gould as Ari
  • Adeline Thery as Madeline
  • Alice Frank as Alice
  • Tuffy Questell as Dennis
  • Theodore Bouloukos as Dr. Mooney
  • Carson Grant as Hawke
  • Joe Buldo as Jack
  • Ernst Zorin as Shvitzer Sam
  • Marika Daciuk as Sonia
  • Bill Weeden as Diner Dad
  • Alex Goldberg as Max

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival[2] as the closing film of the Critics Week sidebar, and its U.S. premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as screening at 2016 Sitges Film Festival, 2016 Stockholm International Film Festival, 2016 Oldenburg International Film Festival and winning best narrative feature at the 2017 Sidewalk Film Festival. Are We Not Cats was released in North America in 2018 by Cleopatra Entertainment.

It was later released to stream on Shudder.[3]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 91% based on 11 reviews.[4] On Metacritic it has a score of 68% based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Best Horror Movies of 2018 by Tomatometer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Venice Critics Week Announcement". Variety. Archived from the original on 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Watch Are We Not Cats on Shudder". SHUDDER. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  4. ↑ "Are We Not Cats". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Are We Not Cats". Metacritic.


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