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The Summer of Flying Fish

2013 1h 35m Comedy Drama List
Reviews 38% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Manena goes on vacation with her father, Francisco, to a southern part of Chile. She realizes his obsession with killing all the carp in his artificial lagoon is angering the local Mapuche tribe, so she has to stop him before he pushes them too far. Read More Read Less

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Peter Keough Boston Globe Though at times its elliptical impressionism trails into non sequiturs, the film's suggestiveness and eerie beauty combine poetry with the politics, adding to the impact of each. Rated: 3/4 Mar 11, 2014 Full Review Robert Koehler Cinema Scope The gorgeous rendering of the lushly forested landscapes begins to play the unfortunate role of covering over the movie's extremely slim and obvious content... Oct 2, 2017 Full Review John Fink The Film Stage Challenging in passages, The Summer of Flying Fish is a beautiful and troubling portrait. Rated: B+ Jun 27, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A beautiful and hilarious portrait of the chilean upperclass against local farmers on a remote summer lake in the chilean mountains. The flying fish are carp being hunted with dynamite, because Don Pancho doesn't like carp. The whole drama is mostly played out in the subcontext of a visual documentary from the innocent bystander, but satisfying enough. Almost a Carlos Reygadas. Just the ending is a bit too weak to make an impression. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Manena goes on vacation with her father, Francisco, to a southern part of Chile. She realizes his obsession with killing all the carp in his artificial lagoon is angering the local Mapuche tribe, so she has to stop him before he pushes them too far.
Director
Marcela Said
Screenwriter
Julio Rojas, Marcela Said
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 35m