Synopsis
Foreword: Rudiger’s Cat is the directorial debut of Dan Panaet, editor of satirical publications such as Times New Roman and Cațavencii and screenwriter for sketches and TV series.
Directed by: Dan Panaet
Cast: Alexandru Potocean, Voicu Aaniței, Nicu Banea, Ștefania Cîrcu, Mircea Nicola
Script by: Mihai Radu
Producer: Hașu Drăgan-Adrian-Jimachez
Cinematography: Adrian Pîrcălabu
Edited by: Ionuț Sofia
Sound: Ionuț Sofia
Year: 2022
Category: Short film
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 22 minutes
7,626 – Cinepub viewers
PLOT SUMMARY
Three friends break into a drugstore at night, but nothing goes according to plan. Fortunately, there always is the possibility to back out, or at least that’s what they like to believe.
FESTIVALS:
- Screened at the Moldova Film Festival
TRIVIA:
- The film’s director, Dan Panaet, is a philosophy graduate and journalist by training, writing for well-known publications such as Times New Roman and Cațavencii. In recent years, he has also been working as a film critic and screenwriter for sketches and TV series.
- Screenwriter Mihai Radu is also a philosophy graduate. A journalist at Recorder, he produces the show “Ce ne enervează” (“What annoys us”) and writes for the weekly magazine “Caţavencii.” He has published several novels.
- Filming took place over several very cold nights in February-March 2022.
LINES:
• “He gave me micellar water. Twice a day. And a cream the color of piss.” – Voicu Aaniței
• “In 3-4 years, I’ll still be getting by, looking more or less okay, but after that, bye. I’ll only be fucking cripples.” – Voicu Aaniței
• “In life, if you have cool hair and decent teeth, you don’t give a fuck.” – Vociu Aaniței
• “If we hadn’t come here, we wouldn’t have had to make sure no one saw us. No one would have seen us, because we wouldn’t have come here. It’s like that thing with Rudiger’s cat.” – Voicu Aaniței
• “Rudiger is a German physicist. (…) He took his cat, put it in a box and said that if he couldn’t see it, it wasn’t dead, it wasn’t alive.” – Voicu Aaniței
• “My mother gave me coffee this morning and the bride appeared.” – Mona (Ștefania Cîrcu)
• “Damn, he shot this guy in the head!” – Alexandru Potocean
• “We’re like Rudiger’s cat. We’re here, but it’s as if we weren’t here.” – Voicu Aaniței
• “I don’t understand a word of this Dutch, I swear. Our Romanian is more beautiful.” – Mona (Ștefania Cîrcu)
• “We’ll split it fifty-fifty.” – Nicu Banea
ARTICLES:
- [Compromised words] Dan Panaet: It’s like being in a crowd, wanting to speak, but preferring that what you say be heard elsewhere. Wooden language is a lack of commitment – iqads.ro
- In which Seinfeld argues with Ștefan Bănică – iqads.ro
- Dan Panaet – coddepoveste.ro
- Books by author Mihai Radu – polirom.ro
