The Amazing Catfish
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| Directed by | Claudia Sainte-Luce |
| Written by | Claudia Sainte-Luce |
| Produced by | Geminiano Pineda |
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| Cinematography | Agnès Godard |
| Edited by | Santiago Ricci |
| Music by | Madame Recamier |
Production companies | Cine Canibal, Jaqueca Films, Good Lap Production |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | $1,300,000 |
The Amazing Catfish (Spanish: Los insólitos peces gato) is a Mexican comedy-drama film, written and directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce.
The film stars Ximena Ayala as Claudia, a young woman who becomes a caretaker for Martha (Lisa Owen), an older matriarch dying of AIDS.[1]
The film premiered on August 10, 2013 at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won two Junior Jury Awards and was a nominee for the Golden Leopard. It had its North American premiere on September 10, 2013 at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was named winner of the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize.[2]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 100% based on reivews from 8 critics.[3] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on reviews from 5 critics.[4]
The film won several awards including International Critics Award at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
References
- ^ The Amazing Catfish Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine at tiff.net.
- ^ "TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest’s top prize". Toronto Star, September 15, 2013.
- ^ "The Amazing Catfish". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- ^ "The Amazing Catfish (2013)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- ^ Los insólitos peces gato, retrieved 2018-01-12
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