THESE WILD CATS
77 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024Directed bySteve Patry
Produced bySteve Patry
LanguageFrench
Film details
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.
Crew
Cinematography : Steve Patry
Sound recording : Steve Patry
Editing : Natalie Lamoureux
Sound Design : Marie-Pierre Grenier
Sound Mix : Isabelle Lussier
Color Grading : Sylvain Cossette
Music : Bertrand Blessing
Direction
Steve Patry
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.
Filmography
THESE WILD CATS, 77 min, Documentary, 2024
I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW, 75 min, Documentary, 2020
WASESKUN, 81 min, Documentary, 2016
FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS, 85 min, Documentary, 2014