Жизнь рыб (2010) Online

The Director of this film, Matías Bize, started out early his career. His movies have grown a lot since his first attempts, and if we compare his first big hit (in Chile) "en la cama", we can really observe an abysmal difference with "la vida de los peces". While the first movie has the same elements, meaning a small confined space with two main characters mainly talking to each other during the whole movie, it's only in "la vida de los peces" that we can have a real insight in the characters, they actually feel alive and throughout the movie we start to evolve feelings for them. My opinion is that the script is much better than his other attempts, for this time situations happen in a way we don't expect them. I'm usually not fond of this type of films, but this time I had a great surprise. I think, the Director is finally starting to master his style.

I had never seen a Chilean film before the 'Life of Fish' was screened during a Spanish language film festival here in Perth, Western Australia.

I do not understand how MdIndeHond could find this film boring, I was mesmerised by its slow pace, the use of silence (there was almost no soundtrack), the constraint of filming the entire action within the confines of a house, the believable characters and dialogue and the utterly compelling acting.

'Life of Fish' may appeal more to older viewers than 20-somethings. I certainly am aware of missed opportunities in my own life and could relate to Andres dilemma.

If 'Life of Fish' is typical of the quality of Chilean film making then I shall certainly make an effort to see any other Chilean films that happen to reach 'the most isolated major city in the world'.

A very good movie from the Director Matías Vize. Sometimes the atmosphere of the movie is brilliant, a lot of feelings inside, moments with good times of silence, when the silence says a lot of things, and sometimes nothing to say is better to know how the feelings are.

Very good actors, specially Blanca Lewin, she is brilliant to communicate a lot of things without says nothing, only with the facial things. I love the movie, and you never know how is gonna end.

During the movie is possible to see very good actors who show us that the Chileans filming industry is young but have a very good future.

If you like watching movies like "El secreto de sus ojos" or "En la cama" you ar gonna enjoy this.

Excellent movie!! Enjoy it.

How many times have we contemplated a tank full of beautiful colored fish? It seems to be the ideal place to be. There are no confrontations, just a wonderful space full of water where these creatures swim to their heart's content. One can only wish life would be so simple as that peaceful scene we just mentioned.

Alas, for Andres, a Chilean living in Germany, life has been hard. He has returned to Santiago for one last look. He does not intend to return to his country any time soon. Not being able to avoid attending one of his good friends birthday party, he goes. Being in the company of friends he has not seen in over ten years brings back emotions he thought he had forgotten.

Pablo, Guille, Roberto, and Ignacio, were his good friends of his youth, now much older with families of their own, they stand in clear contrast with his empty life. Talking with Mariana, who is pregnant, evokes feelings of a wasted life. It is not until he comes face to face with Beatriz, that Andres realizes how much he left behind. Having loved her so much, she seems to be happy to see him again. The dynamic for them has changed and coming back is essential for Andres to have closure on his old life.

Andres suggests to go to a quiet place to talk. Beatriz reveals she had been to Berlin, where he lives, but did not call him. Their conversation gives us a clue as to what could have been so terrible for Andres' sudden departure, not keeping a rendezvous with Beatriz. She is married now, the mother of twin girls. Escaping her present life is not an option for her anymore. A dejected Andres must accept his present life; it will never be the same again, in spite of what they both feel about each other.

Matias Bize, the director and co-writer of this extraordinary Chilean film is a man that shows a talent for delving into emotions long repressed. The film takes an elegiac look at a love that suffered from an unusual reverse at the time the lovers thought nothing would come between them. It is a sad story, full of reproaches on both sides. Mr. Bize spins a good story in its 84 minutes running time. This is a reflective film told in the slow pace that seems to be a favorite for a lot of Latin American directors.

One thing Mr. Bize has excelled is in the amazing acting he gets from his wonderful cast. Santiago Cabrera's Andres needs to be singled out as one of the best performances in recent memory. Same could be said for the quiet dignity of Blanca Lewin, who had worked previously with the director. One cannot get enough of Antonia Zegers the wonderful actress of "Post Mortem". Her part is not big, but she impresses with her Mariana.

Barbara Alvarez, the cinematographer captures in vivid images, mostly in close-ups what the characters are going through. The music score is by Diego Fontecilla. We look forward to Mr. Bize's next project. He is a new voice that must be reckoned with.

La vida de los peces starts out with an abrupt conversation, in which Andrés, a journalist working for travel magazines, just returned to Chile after 10 years of absence. His friends asked him if he has "talked to her," referring to Andrés's ex-girlfriend Bea. As Andrés and Bea finally encounter each other and strike a conversation (after spending much time avoiding the subject they want to talk about - that is their relationship), we discover the reason Andrés left town and went to Germany, Bea's current married life, and that they still have (lots of) feelings left for each other. While the setting is purposely made to be a confined space crowded with people, strangers and friends alike, the winding paths Andrés and Bea took to avoid each other and to finally meet each other are the journeys to find themselves, especially Andrés. Regardless of the ending (and they say it's not the end that matter, but rather the process of getting there), I really enjoyed the conversations between the two protagonists that seem very realistic, the strangely romantic moments where they were just standing there looking at goldfish circling around recounting their memories of the past, and especially the final scene, which must have been one of the best ending scenes ever in all the movies that I have seen.

This movie is sort of a "Uncle Vanya" or "August" type of movie, but with people of thirty years old: the poignant story of a guy who wasted his life, and is suffering the remorse of having abandoned his friends and his love. He's stuck in a strange party where his ghosts begins to haunt him, and he's faced with memories, choices, loneliness, nostalgia and remorse. It was emotionally perfect: the acting was great, the dialog and scenes were carefully crafted, and the music score is just perfect. Perhaps the movie has some minor issues in the editing and dialog, but those are only details. It's one of the best movies made in Chile of the last decades.

10/10

I came to movie for curiosity and because I've heard from someone, so I came home with the movie and push the play button when I was totally comfortable to see it...so I began to hold my breath, because the movie start with no advice, and If you don't really pay attention to the dialog's you will miss a lot of the movie, because the characters say things that are so intrusive that maybe you feel like someone is questioning you, or you been played at that moment of the character dialogs. I decide to pause a little the movie I was overwhelmed for by the characters and the way they relate to each other, I was getting to much involved in the movie, so when I looked to the played time I noticed 40 minutes have passed, and I was feeling like just no more than 15 minutes have played.

Is a great movie to show you that no astonishing sceneries needed to make a good film, everything happen in the same house here and there over the place. The director do a good job on subjectives cameras, and shots where we have a shirt stories just for what he shows.

You'll have a lot of emotions with this film, Is a romantic film thats worth seeing.

"The life of fish",a Chilean movie by the acclaimed director Matias bize offers an excellent journey through emotions.This movie shows us the power of narrative films.This simple movie which lacks huge sets and wild scenes offers a claustrophobic atmosphere.Usage of silence and slow motions were done with clinical precision, that they adds to the totality of the theme.The characters are very realistic and we can relate to them,because this tells the story of a person who regrets about his past.

The background score and conversations really boosts the movie in many situations.We can feel the tension between the two lead protagonists.Blanca Lewin once again shows us that she is a class act.Her facial expressions together with background music was quiet a treat.This movie will be very close to those who regrets on their missed opportunities in life.There are scenes in the movie, which will be in your mind even after you finish watching,one in which Andrea and bea talks in front of an aquarium watching two golden angel fishes swimming peacefully.Emotionally tense conversations coupled with an aquarium scene really shows the craft and caliber of this new film maker.The second scene is the climax scene, i am not going to explain it.This scene is one of the best scene of its genera.This is a gripping film , because of its script and style of film making .Hats off to Matias for making a film which offers us a journey through emotions.

my rating is 7.5 out of 10

The Life of Fish is a very accomplished little movie from Chile. Andres, a travel guide who is frequently traveling the world has a brief stop in Chile where he attends a friend's birthday party. In addition to seeing old friends, he meets an old flame in the party. They used to be in love once but now she is a divorced mum with two kids. This reunion leads them to re-examine their relationship and why they never married each other. Will she take the plunge and leave her kids with their father and join Andres on his travels? Life of Fish is played in real time and at the end you feel as though you've spent a very worthwhile 83 minutes. It is sensitively directed and beautifully acted. The soundtrack is also terrific. It is, in many ways, reminiscent of Richard Linklater's Before Sunset.

a trip in middle of a world. ordinary pieces of a party. a kind of Ulises. a kind of Itaca. only Penelope is different. because the object of introspection is the possibility of past to be another future. dialogs, silence, gestures, each - level of a smoke ladder. pieces of a broken vase. or only, old seeds on the empty land. a film like a mirror. or only shadow of possibilities as drawing lines. because the return, meetings, courtesy are only cages for dead birds.slices of fiction in heart of expectations. illusions. all is an aquarium. a large aquarium. in a house, for a stranger, like self lie as only way to accept the past. a beautiful film. like a memento mori.

Matías Bize's 2010 film LA VIDA DE LOS PECES (The Life of Fish) takes place over a single evening at a Chilean house party. Andrés (Santiago Cabrera) is visiting Chile for the first time in 10 years, but he's due to fly back to his adopted Berlin the next day. The action of the film consists solely of Andrés wandering from room to room, catching up with people dear to him that he hasn't seen in a long time. Conversations with the friends of his youth hint at the tragedy they shared, which ultimately drove Andrés abroad, but it is Beatriz (Blanca Lewin) who ultimately lies at the centre of Andrés' youth, and their reunion after a decade leads them to a difficult choice.

For the most part, this film is intolerable melodrama. The script is unfocused (there's a bizarre scene where some pre-teens ask Andrés a series of graphic questions about what sex acts he's partaken in), and the acting lacks any subtlety. The soundtrack is the emotionally gushing pop music one associates more with late '90s teen television dramas like "Party of Five" than serious films. Now, the ending of his film is satisfying enough that I'm happy I held out and watched the whole thing, but it's bizarre that Chile thought this film worthy of submission for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2011 Academy Awards.

If you're not from Chile, or you don't have experienced what is to live in EXIL, been outside your country for over 5 years, YOU'LL NOT CATCH ALL THE FEELINGS involve in this film, and HOW GOOD IT IS!!!!

First, just because the Dialogs here are VERY, VERY REAL and GOOD, and VERY, VERY CHILEAN. That's really enjoyable and funny enough to make this film nice.

Second, if you don't have experience, what is to have lived outside your country for over 7 or 10 years, you will not get it, what's going on in this film. It is about an INTERN PROCESS, to find yourself, your origins, where your from, and to make peace with them, TO MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PAST. To close a door, to try to look forward, by not to forget too, WHERE ARE YOU FROM...

Because you're arrived now nowhere, in NOMANS LAND, feel like an strange alien, because your old life is already gone, but still living with the feeling, that you don't belongs to the new place, where you live now. WHAT IS THAT CALLED "HOME", when you're in between 2 WORLDS, 2 DIFFERENT places, and many, many different people. A very difficult topic, to make a movie about it, anyway!!!

There is not much to the hidden drama behind the protagonists long time absence from his home town.

It gets revealed and that is the end of it for that part and ends there without being weaved into the present story.

The movie just consists of people having lengthy conversations. Him and his friends, him with the ex girlfriend and him and so on & so on. It just lasts too long and you feel like fast forwarding it to a mediocre ending.

The cast makes the best of it though so that's a plus for this one but it just doesn't grab you.