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The Life of Fish

2010-06-10 Romance 1hr 24m

At a house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home to Santiago. As the night goes on, we realize that a tragedy binds this group - an event that was also the impetus for Andre's departure from Chile years ago. Moreover, there is someone at the party he goes to great lengths to avoid. But she is the very person he most needs to see.

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At a house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home to Santiago. As the night goes on, we realize that a tragedy binds this group - an event that was also the impetus for Andre's departure from Chile years ago. Moreover, there is someone at the party he goes to great lengths to avoid. But she is the very person he most needs to see.

  • Released
    2010-06-10
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 24m
  • Genre
    Romance, Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Español
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  • Production
    Televisión Nacional de Chile, Ceneca Producciones, Paraíso Production, ARTE France Cinéma

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Matías Bize
Director
Matías Bize
Writer
Adrián Solar
Producer
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Cast

Santiago Cabrera

Santiago Cabrera
Andrés
Blanca Lewin

Blanca Lewin
Beatriz
Antonia Zegers

Antonia Zegers
Mariana
Víctor Montero

Víctor Montero
Pablo
Sebastián Layseca

Sebastián Layseca
Ignacio
Juan Pablo Miranda

Juan Pablo Miranda
Roberto
Luz Jiménez

Luz Jiménez
Guille
María Gracia Omegna

María Gracia Omegna
Carolina
Alicia Rodríguez

Alicia Rodríguez
Dani
Francisca Cárdenas

Francisca Cárdenas
Maca
Diego Fontecilla

Diego Fontecilla
Jorge

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A Review by CRCulver 2

Written by CRCulver on 2018-10-04

Matías Bize's 2010 film <i>La vida de los peces</i> (The Life of Fish) takes place over a single evening at a Chilean house party. Andrés (S... read more

Matías Bize's 2010 film <i>La vida de los peces</i> (The Life of Fish) takes place over a single evening at a Chilean house party. Andrés (Santiago Cabrera) is visiting Chile for the first time in 10 years, but he's due to fly back to his adopted Berlin the next day. The action of the film consists solely of Andrés wandering from room to room, catching up with people dear to him that he hasn't seen in a long time. Conversations with the friends of his youth hint at the tragedy they shared, which ultimately drove Andrés abroad, but it is Beatriz (Blanca Lewin) who ultimately lies at the centre of Andrés' youth, and their reunion after a decade leads them to a difficult choice. For the most part, this film is intolerable melodrama. The script is unfocused (there's a bizarre scene where some pre-teens ask Andrés a series of graphic questions about what sex acts he's partaken in), and the acting lacks subtlety. The soundtrack is the emotionally gushing pop music one associates more with late '90s teen television dramas like "Party of Five" than serious films. Now, the ending of his film is powerful enough that I'm happy I held out and watched the whole thing, but it's bizarre that Chile thought this film worthy of submission for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2011 Academy Awards.

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A Review by CRCulver

Matías Bize's 2010 film <i>La vida de los peces</i> (The Life of Fish) takes place over a single evening at a Chilean house party. Andrés (Santiago Cabrera) is visiting Chile for the first time in 10 years, but he's due to fly back to his a...

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A Review by CRCulver 2

Written by CRCulver on 2018-10-04

Matías Bize's 2010 film <i>La vida de los peces</i> (The Life of Fish) takes place over a single evening at a Chilean house party. Andrés (Santiago Cabrera) is visiting Chile for the first time in 10 ...

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