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The Life of Fish

2010 film

10 June 2010 (2010-06-10)

Running time

84 minutesCountryChileLanguageSpanish

The Life of Fish (Spanish: La vida de los peces) 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,^[1] but didn't make the final shortlist.^[2]

The Life of Fish won the award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 25th Goya Awards.

Plot

Andrés (Santiago Cabrera) has been living in Germany for 10 years. He returns to Chile to put his past behind him before settling permanently in Berlin. During his stay, he attends the birthday party of one of his friends, where he rediscovers a whole world he had stopped seeing, including Beatriz (Blanca Lewin), his great love. This reunion could change Andrés' life forever and be necessary to reveal secrets and shed light on very dark lies.

Cast

Santiago Cabrera as Andrés
Blanca Lewin as Beatriz
Antonia Zegers as Mariana
Víctor Montero as Pablo
Sebastián Layseca as Ignacio
Juan Pablo Miranda as Roberto
Luz Jiménez as Guille
María Gracia Omegna as Carolina
Alicia Rodríguez as Daniela
Francisca Cárdenas as Maca
Diego Fontecilla as Jorge

References

^ ""La vida de los peces" postulará a ternas de Mejor Película Extranjera en los Oscar". lanacion.cl. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links

The Life of Fish at IMDb

Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film

Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
1980s	A King and His Movie (1986) Life Is Most Important (1987) ~~(1988)~~ The Beauty of the Alhambra (1989)
1990s	Fallen from Heaven (1990) The Frontier (1991) A Place in the World (1992) Gatica, el mono (1993) Strawberry and Chocolate (1994) Midaq Alley (1995) Autumn Sun (1996) Ashes of Paradise (1997) The Lighthouse (1998) Life Is to Whistle (1999)
2000s	Burnt Money (2000) La fuga (2001) The Last Train (2002) Intimate Stories (2003) Whisky (2004) Blessed by Fire (2005) The Hands (2006) XXY (2007) The Good Life (2008)

Goya Award for Best Hispano-American Film
2000s	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) The Life of Fish (2010)

Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
2010s	Chinese Take-Away (2011) Juan of the Dead (2012) Blue and Not So Pink (2013) Wild Tales (2014) The Clan (2015) The Distinguished Citizen (2016) A Fantastic Woman (2017) Roma (2018) Heroic Losers (2019)
2020s	Memories of My Father (2020) The Cordillera of Dreams (2021) Argentina, 1985 (2022) The Eternal Memory (2023)

Note: Entries scored out are when the award was not handed

v t e Chilean submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Moon in the Mirror (1990) The Frontier (1991) Johnny 100 Pesos (1993) Amnesia (1994) Coronation (2000) A Cab for Three (2001) Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (2002) Los Debutantes (2003) Machuca (2004) Play (2005) In Bed (2006) Padre Nuestro (2007) Tony Manero (2008) Dawson Isla 10 (2009) The Life of Fish (2010) Violeta Went to Heaven (2011) No (2012) Gloria (2013) To Kill a Man (2014) The Club (2015) Neruda (2015) A Fantastic Woman (2017) And Suddenly the Dawn (2018) Spider (2019) The Mole Agent (2020) White on White (2021) Blanquita (2022) The Settlers (2023)

Chilean submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Moon in the Mirror (1990)
The Frontier (1991)
Johnny 100 Pesos (1993)
Amnesia (1994)
Coronation (2000)
A Cab for Three (2001)
Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (2002)
Los Debutantes (2003)
Machuca (2004)
Play (2005)
In Bed (2006)
Padre Nuestro (2007)
Tony Manero (2008)
Dawson Isla 10 (2009)
The Life of Fish (2010)
Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
No (2012)
Gloria (2013)
To Kill a Man (2014)
The Club (2015)
Neruda (2015)
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
And Suddenly the Dawn (2018)
Spider (2019)
The Mole Agent (2020)
White on White (2021)
Blanquita (2022)
The Settlers (2023)

v t e Chilean submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
Caluga o menta (1991) The Frontier (1992) Johnny 100 Pesos (1994) A Cab for Three (2002) Los debutantes (2004) Machuca (2005) My Best Enemy (2006) In Bed (2007) Padre nuestro (2008) The Good Life (2009) Dawson Isla 10 (2010) The Life of Fish (2011) Violeta Went to Heaven (2012) Young & Wild (2013) Gloria (2014) To Kill a Man (2015) Tea Time (2016) Much Ado About Nothing (2017) A Fantastic Woman (2018) Los perros (2019) Spider (2020) The Mole Agent (2021) The Cordillera of Dreams (2022) 1976 (2023) The Eternal Memory (2024)

Chilean submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film