These Wild Cats

Surrounded by a forest of spruce trees and scrap metal carcasses, Martin, an indomitable loner patches up a new existence in the company of his pack of cats. 

SYNOPSIS

Away from the world, in a DIY cabin, Martin's life is organized. Surrounded by a forest of spruce trees and scrap metal carcasses, this indomitable loner patches up a new existence in the company of his pack of cats. The disappearance of Junior, one of his felines, disrupts his daily life and brings out reminiscences of the past. Composed of fragments of life and fragile confessions, These Wild Cats plunges us into the confines of a territory and human nature of harsh beauty. Guided by a cinema of almost total incursion, the film explores the themes of mourning and freedom, while questioning our relationship to marginality.

Theme(s): , Portrait, Sociology

DETAILS

Director | , Steve Patry
Year | , 2024
Country | , Québec
Duration | 77 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , English
Image | Steve Patry
Sound | Steve Patry
Sound design | Marie-Pierre Grenier
Sound mixing | Isabelle Lussier
Editing | Natalie Lamoureux
Production | Steve Patry
Distribution | Les Films du 3 Mars

DIRECTOR

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Steve Patry

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Steve Patry is a documentary director whose works have a deep social aim. His first feature, From Prisons to Prisons (2014), documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. The film received a special mention from the jury at RIDM and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary. Waseskun (2016), which portrays the daily life of an alternative house for Aboriginal men, was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. I Might Be Dead By Tomorrow (2020), which sheds light on Montreal front-line workers working hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society, received a nomination at the Gala Québec Cinéma for Best Documentary Film. These Wild Cats is his fourth feature film.

CAREER

ARICADOC. International Documentary Film Festival · DokuBaku IDFF · Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) · Doc Cévènnes · Festival la Rochelle Cinéma - FEMA · Les Herbes Folles · Festival du Film de Knowlton · Festifilm de la Beauce à St. Séverin · Medenine International Film Festival · Vues du Québec · Taiwan International Documentary Festival

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

13 August 2026 pm31 20h15

Station Youville 

This film is included in screening Des chats sauvages

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