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(aka "Los insólitos peces gato" or "Les drôles de poissons-chats")
directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
France/Mexico 2013
Claudia (Ximena Ayala, BAD
HABITS) is a solitary young grocery store worker who winds
up in the hospital with appendicitis. She shares a room with
Martha (Lisa Owen,
VANTAGE POINT), an older single mother whose three
daughters - serious Alejandra (Sonia Franco), flighty Wendy
(Wendy Guillén), and angsty Mariana (Andrea Baeza) - and young
son Armando (Alejandro Ramírez-Muñoz) are a constant disruption.
Claudia is resistant to Martha's attempts at friendship,
reluctantly agreeing to a ride home after her surgery that
actually throws her into the thick of Martha's family situation
with no one other than Martha on their best behavior in the
presence of a guest. At first it seems that she cannot leave -
although Alejandra only locked the door because she was
concerned Claudia might steal something - but soon she finds
herself taking on family responsibilities (if only because it
pains her to see Martha dragging herself out of bed constantly
to help her children. The more she helps, the more she opens up
about her lonely existence to Martha and comes to discover how
each of the children are coping or not coping with their
mother's illness through what seems like selfish behavior. When
Martha's health takes a turn for the worst, Claudia might be
losing the only family she has ever had... or she might have
found a role in a family that needs her? |
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Theatrical Release: 28 May 2014 (France)
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DVD Review: Strand Releasing - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:31:09 | |
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1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
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Audio | Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Strand Releasing Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 8 |
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Strand Releasing's dual-layer DVD features a generally attractive progressive, anamorphic transfer with a maxed-out bitrate. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is restrained but that is the nature of the original mix. The optional English subtitles are free of errors. The only extras are a trailer for the film (with burnt-in subtitles) and trailers for four other titles. |
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