‘Pondering, reflections on being a fish’ stalks the existential nightmares of a fish confined to life in a bowl. The short film written and directed over the pandemic by Fatima Rodriguez Montañez adopts the expression ‘como pez fuera del agua’ (like a fish out of water) to explore themes of migration, melancholy, and solitude.

Pondering, reflections on being a fish.

‘Pondering, reflections on being a fish’ stalks the existential nightmares of a fish confined to life in a bowl. The short film written and directed by Fatima Rodriguez Montañez adopts the expression ‘como pez fuera del agua’ (like a fish out of water) to explore themes of migration, melancholy, and solitude.

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