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 | , French
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

Photo

Steve Patry

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Steve Patry is a documentary filmmaker whose works have a deep social aim. From prisons to prisons (2014), received a nomination for the Jutra Prize for best documentary feature film. Waseskun (2016), is nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. I might be dead by tomorrow (2020), received a nomination at the Gala Québec Cinéma for best documentary feature film. His most recent film, These Wild Cats, will be released soon.

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 

A discussion with Steve Patry will follow the screening.

In collaboration with: