The Life of Fish

La vida de los peces
Matias Bize

New York Premiere

Returning to Chile after 11 years abroad, expat writer Andrés meets old friends and is forced to confront his past in this insightful, emotionally intense love story.

DIRECTOR
Matias Bize
YEAR
2010
COUNTRY
Chile
RUNTIME
84 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
La vida de los peces

New York Premiere

In this insightful and emotionally intense love story, 33-year old travel writer Andrés returns to his native Chile after having lived in Berlin for 11 years.  After meeting his old friends at a party he is forced to confront his past, his decision to leave and its implications.  Andres drifts through the party (the only location of the film), as if in a fish tank, his surroundings alternately strange and familiar, as he ponders whether to escape or revisit his passion for a lost love.  Winner of a Goya (Spanish Oscar) Award for Best Hispanic American Film in 2011 and Chile's candidate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. From the director of En la cama (In Bed; New Directors/New Films 2006) and Sabado (Saturday; Latinbeat 2003).

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