''The Summer of Flying Fish'' ( es, El Verano de los Peces Voladores) is a 2013 Chilean-French

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film directed by

Marcela Said Marcela Paz Said Cares (born 26 March 1972) is a Franco-Chilean director and screenwriter. Life and career Marcela Said obtained a degree in aesthetics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 1997, Said moved to France, studying f ...

. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at the

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. Starring Gregory Cohen, Francisca Walker, María Izquierdo, Roberto Cayuqueo and

Bastián Bodenhöfer Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander (Santiago, July 1, 1961) is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of p ...

Plot

Manena is on vacation in the south of Chile with her father Francisco, a capitalist landowner and wildlife hunter. Francisco is obsessed with eliminating the carp fish in his

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, resorting to increasingly extreme methods such as using explosives. Manena seems to be the only one who perceives the growing tension her father’s actions provoke in the local Mapuche community, who claim access to these lands.The Summer of Flying Fish
Alpha Violet. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

Brief Review

The Chilean female director, Marcela Said, very delicately handles the theme of the storyline based on the long-standing conflict between the native Mapuche and the white land owners of European descent, and very skillfully depicts the drama and emotion in the film in a lifelike reality, which is further complemented by her choice of actors who have no experience in film acting. The overall effect of the film is a blend of both fiction and non-fiction. Apart from making an effort to give the story a graphic touch, the director appears to have tried bringing to light the gross injustice meted out by the rich white settlers to the native South American Mapuche tribesmen. The film based on a socio-political theme may draw a distinctive section of the cinema crowd but not much on the commercial market. The debut directorial venture of ex-documentary director, however, has had some critical reviews too on the media coverage following the

. Although very successful in building up on-the-edge-of-your-seat sequences, the movie suffers from poor narrative, shallow characterization and vague motivation.

Cast

* Gregory Cohen – Francisco * Francisca Walker – Manena * María Izquierdo – Teresa * Roberto Cayuqueo – Pedro *

– Carlos * Guillermo Lorca – Lorca *

Paola Lattus Paola Andrea Lattus Ramos (born 19 August 1980) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress, known for appearing in films such as '' Tony Manero'' (2008) by Pablo Larraín and ''Optical Illusions'' (2009) by Cristián Jiménez. Biography ...

– Ester * Emilia Lara – Isidora * Enrique Soto – Nacho

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Summer of Flying Fish 2013 films 2013 comedy-drama films 2010s Spanish-language films Chilean comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 2010s Chilean films 2010s French films

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