The Life of Fish
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The Life of Fish is a 2010 Chilean
drama film
directed by Matías Bize. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
, but didn't make the final shortlist.
The Life of Fish won the award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
at the 25th Goya Awards
.
Cinema of Chile
The cinema of Chile began when the earliest films were made there in the first decade of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, it was not until the 1970s when the cinematic culture there developed, with the foundation of a national cinema and a department of experimental film at the University of...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Matías Bize. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
, but didn't make the final shortlist.
The Life of Fish won the award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
The Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-Awards by nation:-References:**...
at the 25th Goya Awards
25th Goya Awards
The 25th Goya Awards were given on February 13 of 2011 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2010. Black Bread by Agustí Villaronga won nine awards, including Best Film and Best Director.-Major awards:-Other award nominees:...
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Cast
- Santiago CabreraSantiago CabreraSantiago Cabrera is a Chilean actor, most known for his role as the character Isaac Mendez in the television series Heroes and as Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin...
- Andrés - Blanca LewinBlanca LewinBlanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo is a Chilean actress. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known by her role of "Lola Padilla" in the soap opera called Lola by Canal 13. She has won some awards like Altazor for "Best Actress" three times and Festival de Cine...
- Beatriz - Antonia Zegers - Mariana
- Victor Montero - Pablo
- Sebastián Layseca - Ignacio
- Juan Pablo Miranda - Roberto
- Luz JiménezLuz JiménezLuz Jiménez or Luciana was an indigenous Mexican model and Nahuatl-language storyteller and linguistic informant from Milpa Alta, D.F....
- Guille - María Gracia Omegna - Carolina
- Alicia RodríguezAlicia RodriguezAlicia Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican nationalist who received a sentence of 55 years for seditious conspiracy and other charges. She was sentenced on February 18, 1981, and incarcerated in a U.S. federal prison...
- Daniela - Francisca Cárdenas - Maca
- Diego Fontecilla - Jorge