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A lonely woman with a lonely goldfish finds herself at the mercy of a rampaging intruder.
It has been suggested that mastering a short story is the path to becoming a truly great storyteller. With only 40 minutes or less, the short film is truly a challenge to convey a message of emotion and genre.
“Cold Fish” (written by Alyssa Traitz and Michael Sutter) tells the tale of a lonely woman, Lisa (Tjasa Ferme), with a presumably lonely goldfish. The goldfish is helpless, but the woman intentionally breaks her garbage disposal just to have the company of the handywoman (Gabriele Schafer). While the handywoman seems barely tolerant of the imposition, somehow Lisa has summoned a water creature (Tomas Delgado) to bring an end to the things that are lonely and also to the things that do not understand loneliness.
The visual approach of this film is tinted with nostalgia, blurred edges with depth, yet a narrow focus, as if to convey the isolation of longing and waiting. The opening scene of the film is particularly unique as the goldfish watches Lisa as she stands at her sink washing dishes in the silent house. Within only 10 minutes, this intriguing short with an odd and watery intruder, may have a deeper metaphor at play than what is first implied.
“Cold Fish” is currently playing at Fantastic Fest
