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Silly Little Plastic Cat

For decades, bright orange novelty Garfield phones have washed ashore along the picturesque coastline of Brittany, France. The mystery of their origin, and the strange crashing of this American pop culture icon upon their sleepy European shores, has confounded Bretons for generations. In this short documentary, we meet locals on every side of this offbeat tale—from environmentally conscious trash collectors who’ve filled their garages and front yards with Garfield parts; to friends who hunted them as children; to members of a local repair cafe who are committed to breathing new life into what others might throw away. Perhaps, even four decades and miles of ocean later, they could even give a second life to Garfield…