Amazing Catfish
This glorious 2013 debut feature...takes one of the most shopworn melodramatic premises and makes it feel spontaneous and new.
-- Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
The Amazing Catfish
Twenty-two-year-old Claudia lives alone in Guadalajara. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with signs of appendicitis. There she meets Martha, lying on the bed next to her. Forty-six-year-old Martha has four children and endless lust for life, in spite of her illness. Moved by the lonely young woman, Martha invites Claudia to come and live with her when she leaves the hospital.
At first Claudia is bewildered by the somewhat chaotic organization of the household, but soon she finds her place in the tribe. And while Martha is getting weaker, Claudia’s bond with each member of the family gets stronger day by day.
At first Claudia is bewildered by the somewhat chaotic organization of the household, but soon she finds her place in the tribe. And while Martha is getting weaker, Claudia’s bond with each member of the family gets stronger day by day.
Genre
Comedy,
Drama
Runtime
89
Language
Spanish
Director
Claudia Sainte-Luce
Cast
Ximena Ayala,
Wendy Guillén
Awards:
Winner, International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI), Toronto International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Heather Baysa, Village Voice
Claudia Sainte-Luce's semi-autobiographical indie has a knack for subverting stereotypes without making a big deal about it. Like the one that depicts HIV as solely the affliction of gay men, various needle-type junkies, and hard-living urbanites, or the other that suggests there's no stable middle ...
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