In the Cat's Claws
Notes de voyage en Mongolie
Bruno Victor-Pujebet
1998 - 85 min - Digital vidéo - Couleur - France

On the trail of the mystical Manul cat in Mongolia.
A very wealthy man working in the industrial field and fond of cats decided to acquire a Manul, a wild cat unknown from the Western World who lives in Central Asia. Since he does not enjoy travelling, the man is ready to fund the expedition of the one who will look for the uncommon animal.
His personal life at a crucial point, the film director immediately enjoyed such an unexpected mission. He left to Mongolia with Tsogt, both guide and guardian angel, met in comparable circumstances. Such a quest, apparently trifling, appears to be on the other end of the world a real space to make a movie.
Playing with the boarders between feature movie and documentary In the cat’s claws is an ode to the adventure and the personal quest, an original approach of that unrecognised country virgin lands; awakening both a thrilling feeling proper to the road movie genre and a childlike jubilation…