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Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)Obsessed with making a movie with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway, a young man in Romania goes to shocking extremes using three local actresses to shoot scenes from the movie to send to Anne as proof of his filmmaking skills. Director:Adrian TofeiWriter:Adrian Tofei |
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A young man in Romania becomes obsessed with making a movie with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway after seeing her catwoman performance in The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He tricks three Romanian actresses into thinking that he's a film director and shoots scenes from the movie he wants to make with Anne in order to send to her as proof of his filmmaking and acting skills, to convince her to come to Romania and play in his movie. The actresses are unaware of his goal towards Anne and think they are making a genuine film. He records not only those scenes, but also the whole process of working with the actresses and his personal messages to Anne, going to shocking extremes to convince her that they are meant to change the world together. He also plays the leading role in his scenes - the role of a guy obsessed with a fictional actress played by the real actresses - and the line between reality and fiction starts to blur, with both devastating consequences and unexpected revelations. Written by Adrian Tofei
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1 March 2015 (Portugal) See more »Box Office
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1. The real relation between him as film director and them as actresses. This relation is not seen onscreen. 2. The fictional relation between the so-called film director played by Adrian in the movie (who's also named Adrian) and the fictional actresses played by the real actresses. This relation is seen through the camera of that so-called film director. 3. The second fictional relation between a guy played by the so-called film director mentioned above and a fictional actress played by the fictional actresses mentioned above. This relation is seen through that guy's camera, which is also that so-called director's camera and also Adrian Tofei's camera.
It was great when confusion emerged between the two fictional relations during improvisations, since this is one of the movie's themes, but in order to clearly differentiate the real relation from the first fictional one, Adrian Tofei used a language switch during filming: Romanian meant out of character for everybody and English meant going back in character. See more »
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During filming, there were three kinds of relation between actor/director Adrian Tofei and actresses Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton and Alexandra Stroe:1. The real relation between him as film director and them as actresses. This relation is not seen onscreen. 2. The fictional relation between the so-called film director played by Adrian in the movie (who's also named Adrian) and the fictional actresses played by the real actresses. This relation is seen through the camera of that so-called film director. 3. The second fictional relation between a guy played by the so-called film director mentioned above and a fictional actress played by the fictional actresses mentioned above. This relation is seen through that guy's camera, which is also that so-called director's camera and also Adrian Tofei's camera.
It was great when confusion emerged between the two fictional relations during improvisations, since this is one of the movie's themes, but in order to clearly differentiate the real relation from the first fictional one, Adrian Tofei used a language switch during filming: Romanian meant out of character for everybody and English meant going back in character. See more »
As far as I can remember Be My Cat is the very first Romanian movie I have ever seen in my life. At first I did not even know what to expect from the film. After 87 minutes I was completely amazed!
One of the most courageous and stunning elements of this production is Adrian Tofei. The way he portrays the protagonist of the film is amazing. You never really know what to think about his character…at first you think he is just an innocent filmmaker from a small town who tries to pursuit his dreams. Even the camera-work and the found footage style itself strengthen this idea in you.
Sometimes you just laugh on his actions but somehow they remind you all the things you did in the past as an amateur filmmaker. Sometimes you are shocked because of him. It is really difficult to play such a complex role as this but Mr. Tofei did that without any mistake.
Let me talk about the female characters. Both Sonia Teodoriu and Florentina Hariton did a great job and did their best to portray their characters however unfortunately they were written a little bit too naive. On the other hand Alexandra Stroe and the last 15-20 minutes between her and Mr. Tofei was fascinating. That was the part of the film when I really saw a strong bond between the two characters and it made Ms. Stroe the most powerful female character in the motion picture.
As the previous review mentioned before, the visual effects – fake blood – were unfortunately not so well made and the ending of the film could have been done in other ways.
All in all, Be My Cat is a very brave, original, well-executed film with memorable scenes and a fantastic protagonist but what is the greatest achievement it has gained is its existence. Adrian Tofei and his crew proved that you can do movie magic without millions of dollars but with creativity and commitment to your work and that can raise hope for every independent filmmaker all over the world.