Swim Little Fish Swim
2013 American film
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Swim Little Fish Swim is a 2013 French-American indie comedy-drama written, produced and co-directed by Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar.
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Starring
- Dustin Guy Defa
- Brooke Bloom
- Lola Bessis
- Anne Consigny
- Olivia Durling Costello
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| Cinematography | Brett Jutkiewicz |
| Edited by | Thomas Marchand |
| Music by | Toys and Tiny Instruments, Penn Sultan & Candace Lee Camacho |
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| Distributed by | Under The Milky Way |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | United States France |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | €0.3 million[1] |
| Box office | US$203,877[1] |
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