Elle et son chat

Kedi without whimsy. A lonely cat narrates his devotion to his owner, a young woman struggling with life after school. Shinkai's early b&w short is a sweet character study that belies his later visual obsessions.

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Makoto Shinkai directed Elle et son chat in 1999. See Makoto Shinkai's full filmography, where to start with Makoto Shinkai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Makoto Shinkai.

Elle et son chat was released in 1999 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 5 minutes.