Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Adrian Țofei directs. Adrian Țofei cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Romania. Dialogue in English, Romanian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 3Released 11 years ago.
• 4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Romanian.
• 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 6Editor Adrian Țofei shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Adrian Țofei and Sonia Teodoriu and Florentina Hariton carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: ""I will change the world with you, Anne!"".
• 9IMDB entry: tt3176980 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 11Classified under 29 themes, including "kidnapping", "psychopath", "obsession", "anti hero".

The technical file

Editing

Adrian Țofei

Production design

Adrian Țofei

Runtime

87 min · 1h 27m

Status

Released

Budget

$10,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

89% 🍅 Fresh

IMDB rating

5.6/10 · 2,567 votes

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

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  Adrian Țofei in Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

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  Be My Cat: A Film for Anne - Clip #2

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  Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) - Official Trailer

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  Be My Cat: A Film for Anne - Teaser Trailer

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• tensharpe2023-03-16
  ★ 8/10

  “Be my cat : A film for Anne” is a psychological horror that really gets under the skin. A meta movie that blurs the lines between reality and fiction.  A wannabe film maker and actor, Adrian, is determined to persuade Hollywood actress Anne  Hathaway to star in his new film project. Adrian shoots some demo scenes using three local Romanian women as proof of his filmmaking skills which he intends to send to Ms Hathaway. Unfortunately the reality of Adrian’s film making and the scenes he shoots are extremely shocking. Not only are the actresses completely humiliated but subjected to extreme terror. This is definitely one of the most superior found footage horror of recent times. “ Be my cat: A film for Anne” has such an unnerving sense of realism that no doubt, if seen by Charlie Sheen, would have him once again calling the authorities.

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Production companies

Who made it

• AD

  Adrian Țofei

  RO

Key crew

• Executive ProducerAdrian Airinei
• Executive ProducerAlex Short
• Executive ProducerJohn Lepper
• Executive ProducerJay Sorensen
• EditorAdrian Țofei
• Production DesignAdrian Țofei
• CastingAdrian Țofei
• Production ManagerAdrian Țofei
• SoundAdrian Țofei
• ProducerAdrian Țofei
• CinematographyAdrian Țofei

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• kidnapping
• psychopath
• obsession
• anti hero
• exploitation
• dark comedy
• snuff
• basement
• slasher
• torture
• filmmaking
• found footage
• character study
• mumblecore
• romania
• cinéma vérité
• acting
• creepy
• dark romance
• method acting
• chloroform
• film directing
• film within a film
• snuff film
• meta
• pseudo-documentary
• mumblegore
• faux documentary
• method filmmaking

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2016-04-15NR· Nashville Film Festival
• Digital2016-12-05NR· Vimeo On Demand
• Digital2018-04-27NR· Amazon Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play etc.
• Digital2020-10-27NR· YouTube, Tubi
• Physical2017-05-25NR· DVD (Amazon)
• Physical2020-10-10NR· Signed DVD
• Physical2022-12-25NR· Signed Blu-ray
• Physical2024-06-01NR· Blu-ray (limited)

Also known as

International titles

• Be My Cat: Un film pentru AnneRO