A Smiling Fish

All right I will soon write some proper posts than loading the blog up with youtube videos and cartoons all the time. I came across Smiling Fish a while ago and have been planning to mention it in the blog.

“Smiling Fish” based on Jimmy Liao’s story won the best short film at the Berlin Film Festival. The jury praised it to be a simple and beautiful film (It is!!!). It is a story of a lonely middle-aged man who buys a fish that ‘smiles’ at him. He takes the fish home and hopes to have the fish as a companion but learns to “let go” the fish.

I have been a great fan of Jimmy Liao’s work. His books have a strong message under the simple sentences and childlike characters. This, I believe, reflects Jimmy’s personal experiences. Feelings of intense loneliness, loss and sadness are expressed in the depiction of characters. On the surface, Smiling Fish is about a man who has bought a fish but in truth, it is about an individual trapped and feeling helpless in life. But, Jimmy always expresses a message of hope in the end. Enjoy.

Jimmy’s work can be found at http://www.jimmyspa.com

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