How Is Your Fish Today?
| How Is Your Fish Today? | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Xiaolu Guo |
| Produced by |
Xiaolu Guo Jess Search |
| Written by |
Xiaolu Guo Hui Rao |
| Starring |
Xiaolu Guo Ning Hao Hui Rao Zijiang Yang |
| Music by | Matt Scott |
| Edited by | Emiliano Battista |
| Distributed by | Forward Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
How Is Your Fish Today?, also known as Jin Tian De Yu Zen Me Yang?, is a 2007 Chinese film written by Xiaolu Guo and Hui Rao. It was directed by Xiaolu Guo. The film is a drama set in modern China, focusing on the intertwined stories of two main characters; a frustrated writer (Hui Rao) and the subject of his latest work, Lin Hao (Zijiang Yang). How Is Your Fish Today won 4 international awards and was well received by critics, but was not commercially successful.
Plot
How Is Your Fish Today? tells the story of a famous screenwriter (Rao) whose film scripts have all been rejected by Chinese censors. He writes a script about a man named Lin Hao (Yang) for his producer, who expects it to be a Chinese version of The Fugitive. Upon reading Rao's arthouse script, the producer rejects it as the worst screenplay he has ever read. However, Rao does not abandon his story, instead he rewrites it. Rao begins to live through his main character, Lin Hao, as he writes about him fleeing his home on a journey of self-discovery. Hao makes his way to Mohe, as does Rao, and the writer enters his own narrative. Both characters, in a struggle for freedom, have left their homes behind, but while Lin Hao is running away, Hui Rao is searching for something.
Cast
- Hui Rao as himself
- Zijiang Yang as Lin Hao
- Xiaolu Guo as Mimi
- Ning Hao as Hu Ning
Reception
How Is Your Fish Today? was consistently given good ratings by reviewers, but still remains fairly unpopular.[1]
Critics
On its release, How Is Your Fish Today? was received well by critics, who applauded the film as an impressive debut from Guo.[2]
Awards
- Guo was awarded the "Grand Prix" at the 2007 Créteil International Women's Film Festival.
- Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival.
- Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Pesaro International Film Festival of New Cinema.
- Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
- Guo was nominated for the "Tiger Award" at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
- Guo was nominated for "Grand Jury Prize" in the World Cinema/Dramatic categories at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
References
External links
- HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? site for Independent Lens on PBS
- How Is Your Fish Today? at the Internet Movie Database
- How Is Your Fish Today? at Rotten Tomatoes