Cathy la petite chenille

A childhood favourite of mine. I've now had a chance to reflect on it as an adult and can see that the film has many wonderful messages for children on discovering their identity, to explore, try new things, handle the criticism/prejudice/conceit of others, the perils of a life consisting purely of work and no pleasure, the pitfalls of believing that the purchase of possessions will make you happy, the over-hyped status of city-life (maybe the grass on the other side isn't as green as you thought it was once you get there).

As a cartoon, I still think it's elegantly drawn, Katy is chubby, sweet, adorable and perfectly voiced.

The songs are cheerful and bouncy, with Katy's "Someday" song standing out by a mile, a very sweet, emotional song, sung with a lot of conviction, it always gets me a little teary-eyed.

Some of the other songs seem to suffer a little due to the English pronunciation being a little off. I was getting the impression that some songs were sung by the Spanish voice-cast singing English words but pronouncing them like Spanish words.

I guess that's why as a child I couldn't really catch the meaning of some of the other songs. That's a minor shame, as I now realise that the lyrics of these other songs also conveyed strong messages too.

It might be a worthwhile endeavour for someone to contribute English subtitles for this film one day. If I can spare some time one day, I might give it a try.

On the whole though, still a terrific film, and one I hope to show my children.

I was 3 years old when this movie was released. My parents would rent it for me over and over again. I have been looking for a copy of it for YEARS as I would love to show it to my children.

I have vague recollections of the story itself but I have strong emotional ties to it as I watched it hundreds of times.

i saw "katy the caterpiller" about 18 years ago and thot it was the sweetest animated movie i had ever seen. it kept my attention thru the whole movie and it even made me have tears watching the sadness katy went thru wanting to be something so different from what she was.

i wish this movie would be shown again as i have thot about it all thru the years and wondered why it has never been on tv anymore. i have a lot of memories just thinking of that movie and the little caterpiller who finally got her wish by becoming a beautiful butterfly.

please, can you not find this movie in your warehouse somewhere and bring it back to life so that children and adults can enjoy this darling little movie!

thank you

I recorded this movie off of TV when my children were little (some of them had not even been born yet!) I still have the VHS tape and plan on transferring it to DVD when i have the time. I would love for any future grandchildren I might have to see this delightful movie.

Another movie/show I remember from when I was a child was called "for the Love of Fred". Fred was a caterpillar that changed into a butterfly at the end of the show. I have not been able to find any listings, information, etc...about this movie. I was probably about 10-12 when I saw it, so that would have been a LONG time ago--over 40 years ago! If you have any info on it I would appreciate you sending me a message,

Thanks!

It is a very forgotten jewel of animation; the plot is simple but beautiful, the animation is quite good and the music is very good; I recommend it.