UNITED STATES · 1942

Cat People

Jacques Tourneur
forbidden desire cultural displacement curse and fate sexual anxiety transformation the outsider
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A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Year1942
CountryUnited States
DirectorJacques Tourneur
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