Litterboxd - The Cassandra Cat (1963)

"No, let's not do Garfield" we said. "It would be too obvious" we said. "I know, let's do the 1963 avant-garde Czech New Wave film, The Cassandra Cat" said one of us.  "But that one isn't even available on streaming, it's literally just on Youtube. I don't think anyone has seen this!" said another.  Despite this, the GBGBs have decided that the best course of action is to review this obscure Czech film about a cat who wears sunglasses. For the uninitiated, this movie is about an unappreciated school teacher named Robert who lives in a small town in Soviet-era Czechoslovakia. A circus comes into town and brings a mysterious acrobat and her bespectacled cat, Mokol, who possesses the power to make people literally change color based on their true nature when his sunglasses are removed. Chaos ensues and it is up to Robert and the schoolchildren to protect the cat from those who wish their true nature to be kept secret.    Thanks for stopping by!