Swim Little Fish Swim

2013 American film
  • Ruben Amar
  • Lola Bessis
Written by
  • Ruben Amar
  • Lola Bessis
Produced by
  • Ruben Amar
  • Lola Bessis
Starring
  • Dustin Guy Defa
  • Brooke Bloom
  • Lola Bessis
  • Anne Consigny
  • Olivia Durling Costello
CinematographyBrett JutkiewiczEdited byThomas MarchandMusic byToys and Tiny Instruments, Penn Sultan & Candace Lee Camacho
Production
company
  • PaperMoon Films
Distributed byUnder The Milky Way
Release dates
  • March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11) (SXSW)
  • June 4, 2014 (2014-06-04) (France)
  • September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19) (United States)
Running time
95 minutesCountriesUnited States
FranceLanguagesEnglish
FrenchBudget€0.3 million[1]Box officeUS$203,877[1]

Swim Little Fish Swim is a 2013 French-American indie comedy-drama written, produced and co-directed by Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar.

This film was shot in New York on a shoe-string budget. Once finished, it hit the festival circuit (Rotterdam;[2] São Paulo;[3] Jerusalem;[4] Durban; CPH:PIX[5]) after premiering at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2013.[6] Swim Little Fish Swim enjoyed a worldwide theatrical release and it has recently been sold to HBO Europe, Netflix, RTBF[7] and OCS[8] among other international networks.

Cast

  • Dustin Guy Defa as Leeward
  • Brooke Bloom as Mary
  • Lola Bessis as Lilas
  • Olivia Durling Costello as Maggie
  • Anne Consigny as Françoise de Castillon

Critical reception

  • "Refreshingly free of cliches."[9] - The Hollywood Reporter
  • Indiewire's Eric Kohn praised the film, describing it as "a gentle NYC delight" and giving it a B+ grade.[10]
  • "An elegance of construction scarcely seen in like-minded indie comedies." - MTV[11]
  • "Featuring gorgeous photography, solid performances and an absolutely killer soundtrack."[12] - CriterionCast
  • "What comes through strongest is its Woody Allen-esque treatment of Brooklyn, complete with golden light, beautiful young women, glamorous locations and plenty of appealingly tortured—or insufferably neurotic, depending on your point of view—artists."[13] - Slant Magazine
  • "Inspired by John Cassavettes and the Nouvelle Vague's observations of human beings and Jacques Demy's charming atmosphere."[14] The Red List

References

  1. ^ a b JP. "Swim Little Fish Swim (2014)- JPBox-Office". jpbox-office.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Swim Little Fish Swim | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema - Filme - Swim Little Fish Swim". 39.mostra.org. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Cinefile: Great movies and exciting master-classes - Arts & Culture - Jerusalem Post". jpost.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "CPH PIX 2016: Swim Little Fish Swim". cphpix.dk. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Swim Little Fish Swim | Schedule | sxsw.com". schedule.sxsw.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "La Trois fait la part belle au cinéma et au théâtre tout au long de la saison 2016-2017". rtbf.be. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "Swim little fish swim sur OCS". ocs.fr. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  9. ^ "'Swim Little Fish Swim': Film Review | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  10. ^ Kohn, Eric. "Sundance Review: 'Swim Little Fish Swim' is a Gentle NYC Delight". Indiewire.com. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  11. ^ "Review: 'Swim Little Fish Swim' - MTV". mtv.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "Joshua Reviews Ruben Amar And Lola Bessis' Swim Little Fish Swim [SXSW 2013 Review]". Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "SXSW 2013: Computer Chess, Swim Little Fish Swim, & Loves Her Gun | The House Next Door | Slant Magazine". slantmagazine.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "Lola Bessis: Muses, Cinematic Women | The Red List". theredlist.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.

External links

  • Swim Little Fish Swim at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata