the rabbi's cat () is a 2011 french animated film directed by joann sfar and antoine delesvaux, based on volumes one, two and five of sfar's comics series with the same title. it tells the story of a cat, who obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s algeria. the voice cast includes françois morel, hafsia herzi, maurice bénichou, fellag, françois damiens and jean-pierre kalfon.