User Reviews

This is a pleasing animated movie from Argentina. It tells the story of a lonely and empathic urban cat who wanders in search of company. It begins in the sploshy rain-ridden streets of a city where the cat is watching TV in a shop window. Via a refuse-removal truck it finds itself along a trackway through the desert. At various moments the cat makes friends with an armadillo and a pygmy owl and a frenemy in the guise of remote service station guard dog. This short has some moments of pathos as the lone cat parts company with his fellow lost friends. But there are no really upsetting scenes so I feel it is OK for younger children. It has a good sense of environmental atmosphere with moments of storm and howling wind and desert tumbleweed blowing along. I liked the music by Daniel Soruco. There is little pieces of piano that accompanies the pathos and drama very well. Also a nice touch of a bandoneon tango accordion during the end credits.

With a storm brewing a small cat is watching the television thorough the shop window where one of his mightier brethren is chasing a zebra! The shop shuts and a passing bin lorry provides his next distraction - a small mouse whom he chases for a while before finding himself trapped in the back of a lorry. Well, at least he is dry now! Indeed, when he arrives at his destination he could hardly be more so - he's in the desert being harried by a hawk, walking with an aardvark then having an encounter with a menacing looking mutt! Stranded and alone, he seeks food, shelter and an helping hand! This might come in the guise of a flightless bird whom he offers to help - but they are still a long way from home and there's still that dog...! It's quite fun and nicely scored animation this with a little bit of a serendipitous moral to it at the end that fits nicely.