‘This self-proclaimed 'cat expert' takes Chloe to a nearby street map. This map, of a kind found throughout Paris for the use of visitors and tourists unfamiliar with the geography of the city, becomes something quite different as Madame Clavo personalises and transforms its one-dimensional representation of space, describing who liveswhere and explaining how they can help in the search for Gris-Gris. This move from map to lived experience typifies the film's treatment of the area in which it is set. Rather than use the location as a mere backdrop for the narrative (a means of 'mapping' more important themes and characters) Klapisch sets out to show the quartier in all its complex, mobile reality (it is perhaps the film's most important theme ands character.)’
Luzy Mazdon, ‘Space, Place and Community in Chacun cherche son chat’, in Lucy Mazdon (ed.), France on Film: Reflections on Popular French Cinema (London: Wallflower, 2001), p.101.
Luzy Mazdon, ‘Space, Place and Community in Chacun cherche son chat’, in Lucy Mazdon (ed.), France on Film: Reflections on Popular French Cinema (London: Wallflower, 2001), p.101.
