The Amazing Catfish

The Amazing Catfish
Los insólitos peces gato
Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
Produced by Geminiano Pineda
Written by Claudia Sainte-Luce
Starring
  • Ximena Ayala
  • Lisa Owen
  • Sonia Franco
  • Wendy Guillén
Music by Madame Recamier
Cinematography Agnès Godard
Edited by Santiago Ricci
Production
company
Cine Canibal, Jaqueca Films, Good Lap Production
Release dates
  • 10 August 2013 (2013-08-10) (Locarno)
Running time
89 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

The Amazing Catfish (Spanish: Los insólitos peces gato) is a Mexican comedy-drama film, written and directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce.

The film stars Ximena Ayala as Claudia, a young woman who becomes a caretaker for Martha (Lisa Owen), an older matriarch dying of AIDS.[1]

The film premiered on August 10, 2013 at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won two Junior Jury Awards and was a nominee for the Golden Leopard. It had its North American premiere on September 10, 2013 at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was named winner of the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize.[2]

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