Inés Efron,
Mariela Vitale,
Pepe Munne,
Arnaldo Andre,
Carlos Bardem
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Writer-director Lucía Puenzo follows up her feature debut, the festival favorite XXY, with The Fish Child, a romantic crime drama adapted from her novel of the same name. Lala (Inés Efron, who also st... read more
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Flixster Reviews (36)
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February 26, 2012Lucía Puenzo's second effort is original, taunt and full of passion. Artfully crafted and wonderfully acted, El Nino Pez deserves a lot more attention than it's getting.
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October 25, 2009Since I saw this at a film festival, in between two truly great films, I might have been just too tired and overwhelmed to appreciate this fully. I found the movie to be too disjointed and confusing at times, will rewatch too offer a more detailed critique.
Critic Reviews
June 18, 2009
Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film
May 3, 2009
Bill Weber, Slant Magazine
With a plot recalling the fevered fictions of Jim Thompson, late Polanski, and Isabel Allende, The Fish Child banks on the sizzle of its pair of young female stars and their enactment of class and ero... Full Review
April 26, 2009
Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics
The suburbs of the rich, the barrios of the poor and the watery world of the fish child form the stage for this unique and successful mystery thriller by Lucia Puenzo Full Review
April 24, 2009
Brandon Judell, CultureCatch
Puenzo's screenplay by flitting back and forth in time with the restlessness of a dragonfly in heat dilutes tension. Full Review
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