Cinderella the Cat

2017 [ITALIAN]

Action / Animation / Crime / Drama / Thriller

22
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1140 1.1K

ship father murder cat drug trafficking investigation naples, italy

Plot summary

Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.

Director

Ivan Cappiello Photo
Ivan Cappiello

Top cast

Luciano Stella Photo
Luciano Stella as (voice)
Alessandro Gassman Photo
Alessandro Gassman as Primo Gemito
Marco Mario de Notaris Photo
Marco Mario de Notaris as Cinegiornale
Maria Pia Calzone Photo
Maria Pia Calzone as Angelica Carannante
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
696.44 MB
1280*672
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 4
1.44 GB
1920*1008
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BarbaraLecce 9 / 10

Cinderella is not the cat, Cinderella is Naples

I felt wonder and amazement from the first frame to the last. Comic, poignant, dreamlike, circular animated film that creates simultaneity in some moments between the present, the future and the past. It is as beautiful as an oyster raised in the South: the outer shell is tough and irregular, the meat is good and has a shining pearl inside. The original story is taken from a famous theatrical work by Roberto De Simone, adapted here to social forms and current language, both visual and musical, respecting the original language, Neapolitan, which can be simple, musical, poetic and raw at the same time. And Naples, not photographic, not idealized but always of a poignant beauty. Cinderella doesn't look for the prince, she doesn't look for riches but she asks to grow well, to find her little shoe and move forward.
Reviewed by eddeeb 8 / 10

The only review?!

It is really a shame I'm writing the first review of this utterly beautiful animation. How come this fine piece of art gets so overlooked?!Loosely based on the Giambattista Basile's fable of the same name and Roberto De Simone's musical La Gatta Cenerentola, the plot is set in a decaying future Naples and concerns a mysterious mute teenager called Mia, who struggles to escape from the Camorra boss Salvatore Lo Giusto and her vicious stepmother Angelica.La Gatta Cenerentola is a 1976 three-act musical, in Neapolitan language, adapted by Roberto De Simone from the sixth fable (Cinderella) of Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone. It debuted in Naples and later premiered in the United States (1985) and Great Britain (1988). De Simone sought to express the dreaminess of southern Italian popular culture. His fresh and authentic reinvention of folksongs brought him prominence. The initial production was favored by theater progressives and opposed by theater purists. Art music blogs rediscovered and praised the musical 30 years after its initial release.
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