Fresh
Writer-director Claudia Sainte-Luce heralds herself as a new talent to watch with "The Amazing Catfish," an outstanding debut of tremendous heart and appeal.
Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Overview
Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.
Director and cast
- Claudia Sainte-Luce Director
- Lisa Owen as Martha
- Ximena Ayala as Claudia
- Sonia Franco as Alejandra
- Wendy Guillén as Wendy
- Andrea Baeza as Mariana
- Alejandro Ramírez-Muñoz as Armando
- Vera Wilson as Alicia
- Cynthia Bordes as Tania
- José Manuel Orozco Angulo as Vigilante
- Sara Isabel Quintero as Señora de la cera
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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Fresh
If there's a certain depth missing in "The Amazing Catfish," the film brings forth the small-scale pleasures and poignancy of an ambling short story.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Fresh
Claudia Sainte-Luce's semi-autobiographical indie has a knack for subverting stereotypes without making a big deal about it.
Heather Baysa, Village Voice
Fresh
This glorious 2013 debut feature by Mexican writer-director Claudia Sainte-Luce takes one of the most shopworn melodramatic premises and makes it feel spontaneous and new.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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