Any Stray Cat

Any Stray Cat

2011 · 96 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Romance

Tati is in love with Marcelo, a guy who enjoys dating lots of girls. Honest to a fault, Tati wears her heart on her sleeve, but her intense affection only drives Marcelo further away. After attending a lecture by a young biology professor named Conrado, she decides to put his controversial theories into practice in her own love life. Conrado has developed a scientific guide to seduction, inspired by Charles Darwin's theories, comparing the dating behaviour of young people to that of animals in nature. Tati becomes his eager test subject. At first, the experiment seems to be working: Marcelo is showing interest again. But things take an unexpected turn when real feelings begin to spark between the professor and the student.

Directed by Tomás Portella · Written by Júlia Spadaccini

Your Rating

Cast

Cleo Tati
Malvino Salvador Conrado
Dudu Azevedo Marcelo
Rita Guedes Ângela
Álamo Facó Magrão
Letícia Novaes Paula
Gillray Coutinho Professor de Direito
Jean Pierre Noher Maitre
Tatsu Carvalho DJ
Kiko Mascarenhas Editor
Juliana Guimarães Empregada
Ilya São Paulo Manobrista

Make it a double feature

3h 40m together

Any Stray Cat

My Name Ain't Johnny

Both from Tomás Portella.

Qualquer Gato Vira Lata: ColeçãoSee all →

Any Stray Cat 2

Any Stray Cat 2 · 2015

Any Stray Cat 2

MovieRomanceComedy

Tati and Conrado travel to Cancún, where he's attending a conference to launch his new book. But for Tati, the trip has an extra purpose: she plans to propose to him. During this special moment, with family and friends watching live online, Conrado responds by saying he'd "like to think about it". Tati's disappointment opens the door for renewed hope in her ex, Marcelo, who shows up to find her. To complicate matters further, Conrado's ex, Ângela, is also in Cancún, attending the same event.

More from Tomás PortellaSee all →

Capoeiras

Capoeiras · 2025

SeriesAction & Adventure

Veneno and Noivo are capoeiristas who grew up as brothers, but a brutal crime separated them. Years later, their paths cross: Veneno lives in the underworld of clandestine fights while Noivo protects Ventania, the daughter of his murdered master, and tries to recover what was lost between him and his friend. In the ring and in life, they'll have to decide how far they're willing to go to settle the past.

4x100: Running for a Dream

4x100: Running for a Dream · 2021

4x100: Running for a Dream

MovieDramaComedy

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, a defeat in the 4x100 relay final forever marks the lives of the athletes. Three years later, Maria Lúcia, responsible for the elimination, continues to shine in athletics and in the media, while Adriana, who worked hard in the competition, lives frustrated by small MMA fights. In 2020, they have a new chance to rewrite the story at the Tokyo Olympics.

Impure

SeriesCrimeDrama

Rio de Janeiro, during the 90's. Evandro dreams about becoming a great businessman, but ends up entering the world of crime and making an empire out of his criminal organization. His business skills and leadership abilities draw the attention of Morello, a federal police officer with a self-destructive behavior who sees in Evandro a worthy enemy. Two strategists that share the love for danger. The hunt down begins.

Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll

Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll · 2024

Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll

MovieComedyDrama

The film tells the story of Luiz Antônio, a clumsy radio host, who unexpectedly finds himself in charge of a bankrupt radio station. Relying only on his passion for rock'n'roll and a crazy team, he creates one of the most emblematic radio stations in the history of Brazilian rock, Fluminense FM. Among guitar solos and radio signal interferences, we follow the adventures misadventures of Luiz.

My Name Ain't Johnny

My Name Ain't Johnny · 2008

My Name Ain't Johnny

MovieCrimeDrama

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Overhaul

Overhaul · 2023

MovieActionThriller

When truck racer Roger loses everything, he receives a tempting but dangerous offer: to work as the getaway driver for a gang of thieves.

La Situación

La Situación · 2023

A woman inherits a farm left by her grandmother in Argentina only to discover that it is a cocaine production farm.

Operações Especiais

Operações Especiais · 2015

Operações Especiais

MovieActionThriller

In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.

Adrift

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

Love Stories

Love Stories · 2016

Eduardo discovers he has a split personality: a buttoned-up São Paulo executive and beach-loving weekend playboy in Rio de Janeiro called Duca. Unconsciously, he becomes entangled with a woman although he's already engaged to another.

Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure

Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure · 2004

Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure

MovieAdventureFamily

The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to follow her steps as a protector of the jungle.

Isolados

Isolados · 2014

MovieThrillerHorror

A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house.

Giovanni Improtta

Giovanni Improtta · 2013

Giovanni Improtta

MovieComedyCrime

Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He is betrayed, and ends up under the spotlight of the media and the radar of the police, falsely charged for murder.

Kings & Rats

Kings & Rats · 2012

MovieDramaComedy

In Rio de Janeiro in 1963, the story of several characters is intertwined in the midst of the political scenario of the time. One of them is Troy, a CIA agent residing in Brazil who plans a trap for the President.

Overman

Overman · 2026

Overman, a fading superhero, takes a job with the government's Department of Public Security in an attempt to get back on his feet. While working alongside Pâmela, his loyal partner who is beginning to gain as much recognition as he has, Overman confronts his toxic masculinity and uncovers dark secrets involving the governor. Now, he must face his inner demons and an old enemy to prevent the city from plunging into irreversible chaos.

More Like This

Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham · 2002

Bend It Like Beckham

MovieComedyDrama

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Monsoon Wedding

Monsoon Wedding · 2001

Monsoon Wedding

MovieComedyDrama

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart · 1990

MovieCrimeThriller

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke · 1985

MovieAdventureComedy

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

A Close Shave

A Close Shave · 1996

MovieFamilyAnimation

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

Desert Hearts

Desert Hearts · 1985

MovieDramaRomance

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

Amélie

Amélie · 2001

MovieComedyRomance

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

Entergalactic

Entergalactic · 2022

MovieAnimationRomance

Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself · 2002

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

MovieComedyDrama

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses · 1989

The War of the Roses

MovieComedyDrama

Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.

Off Course

Off Course · 2015

MovieRomanceComedy

Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter