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Le Piège de Kerguelen
The Kerguelen Trap
On the islands of desolation, scientists trap the descendants of an explorer's cats, and the cats look back.
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 40 min
- Countries
- Belgium, France
- Languages
- French, English
- Production
- Asap
- Availability
- DVD Heure Exquise! · on request
Le Piège de Kerguelen In 1772 Yves de Kerguelen reached a sub-Antarctic archipelago, called it a trap and left behind only a few ship's cats. Two centuries on, a scientific mission comes ashore to catch their feral descendants and study how they survive the ice. Shot on 35 mm, the film keeps asking who, on these islands, is watching whom.
Note: Some sources date the film 1998, the year of the shoot.
From the film and the shoot
Frames and crew photographs from Rob’s archive.
Screenings
2 recorded
2022Focus Rob Rombout, StrasbourgRetrospective
2026Arsmondo Îles, BNU StrasbourgScreening
Credits
- Direction
- Rob Rombout
- Assistant director
- Rogier van Eck
- Image
- Samuel Dravet
- Sound
- Griet van Reeth
- Editing
- Adriana Moreira de Oliveira
- Music
- Hughes Maréchal
- Voices
- Pascal Perez, Rob Rombout, Christian Janssens
- Production
- Asap
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Cite this pageRombout, Rob. Le Piège de Kerguelen. 2000. https://www.robrombout.com/en/films/2000-le-piege-de-kerguelen/. Last verified 10 October 2026.