Italian documentarians Nene Grignaffini and Francesco Conversano co-helm the nonfiction film The Wise Cat Catches Mice. This beguiling attempt to move beyond the Western stereotypes of Chinese life carries viewers past the media-saturated images of skyscrapers and multinational corporations to an exploration of China's rural backdrop -- the vast, underpopulated agrarian vistas where rural peasants still make valiant attempts to eke out a subsistent living. The film waxes deliberate, understated, and lyrical, with a painter's eye for light and color. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide