When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Direction
July's hyper-specific, deeply uncomfortable intimacy with her own characters.
Acting
Linklater's devastating stillness vs. July's anxious physicality.
Writing
The talking cat narration that somehow crushes your soul.
Director
Miranda July
Miranda July
Sophie / Paw-Paw (voice)
Hamish Linklater
Jason
David Warshofsky
Marshall
Isabella Acres
Gabriella
Angela Trimbur
Dance Studio Receptionist
Mary Passeri
Animal Shelter Receptionist
Kathleen Gati
Dr. Straus
Ryker Baloun
Barry at 3
Clement von Franckenstein
Alain, First Solicitation
Tonita Castro
Second Solicitation
D.A. Sandoval
Neighbor Woman
Mark Atteberry
Tree by Tree Canvasser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
July performed Paw-Paw's voice without pitch-shifting, creating that uncanny child-cat hybrid by speaking in a specific physical posture.
The 'stop-motion t-shirt' scene became a viral micro-genre of its own, with hundreds of DIY imitations on early 2010s YouTube—July essentially invented a specific internet aesthetic.
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