2013 · thriller · experimental · one-take
Fish & Cat
Directed by Shahram Mokri2h 22m2013
A group of students travel to a remote region to participate in a kite-flying event. Next to their camp by the lakeside, they find a restaurant with cooks that treat the students with suspicion. Bizarre events lead to a complicated situation, from which the students cannot escape.
Our read: Fish & Cat (2013) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal thriller · experimental · one-take entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured thriller / experimental, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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