The Amazing Catfish (2013)

Original title

Los insólitos peces gato

Directed by

Claudia Sainte–Luce

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman becomes a caretaker for a woman dying of AIDS and her large family. She finds connection and purpose in the midst of hardship.

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What happens

The Amazing Catfish (Spanish: Los insólitos peces gato) is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama film, written and directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce. It stars Ximena Ayala as Claudia, a young woman who becomes a caretaker for Martha (Lisa Owen), an older matriarch dying of AIDS. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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