Swim Little Fish Swim Explained

Swim Little Fish Swim
Music:	Toys and Tiny Instruments, Penn Sultan & Candace Lee Camacho
Cinematography:	Brett Jutkiewicz
Editing:	Thomas Marchand
Distributor:	Under The Milky Way
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	United States France
Language:	English French
Budget:	€0.3 million
Gross:	US$203,877^[1]

Swim Little Fish Swim is a 2013 French-American indie comedy-drama written, produced and co-directed by Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar.

This film was shot in New York on a shoe-string budget. Once finished, it hit the festival circuit (Rotterdam;^[2] São Paulo;^[3] Jerusalem;^[4] Durban; CPH:PIX^[5]) after premiering at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2013.^[6] Swim Little Fish Swim enjoyed a worldwide theatrical release and it has recently been sold to HBO Europe, Netflix, RTBF^[7] and OCS^[8] among other international networks.

Cast

• Dustin Guy Defa as Leeward
• Brooke Bloom as Mary
• Lola Bessis as Lilas
• Olivia Durling Costello as Maggie
• Anne Consigny as Françoise de Castillon

Critical reception

• "Refreshingly free of cliches."^[9] - The Hollywood Reporter
• Indiewire's Eric Kohn praised the film, describing it as "a gentle NYC delight" and giving it a B+ grade.^[10]
• "An elegance of construction scarcely seen in like-minded indie comedies." - MTV^[11]
• "Featuring gorgeous photography, solid performances and an absolutely killer soundtrack."^[12] - CriterionCast
• "What comes through strongest is its Woody Allen-esque treatment of Brooklyn, complete with golden light, beautiful young women, glamorous locations and plenty of appealingly tortured—or insufferably neurotic, depending on your point of view—artists."^[13] - Slant Magazine
• "Inspired by John Cassavettes and the Nouvelle Vague's observations of human beings and Jacques Demy's charming atmosphere."^[14] The Red List

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swim Little Fish Swim (2014)- JPBox-Office. JP. jpbox-office.com. October 1, 2016.
2. Web site: Swim Little Fish Swim IFFR. iffr.com. October 1, 2016.
3. Web site: 39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema - Filme - Swim Little Fish Swim. 39.mostra.org. October 1, 2016.
4. Web site: Cinefile: Great movies and exciting master-classes - Arts & Culture - Jerusalem Post. jpost.com. October 1, 2016.
5. Web site: CPH PIX 2016: Swim Little Fish Swim. cphpix.dk. October 1, 2016.
6. Web site: Swim Little Fish Swim Schedule sxsw.com. schedule.sxsw.com. October 1, 2016.
7. Web site: La Trois fait la part belle au cinéma et au théâtre tout au long de la saison 2016-2017. rtbf.be. October 1, 2016.
8. Web site: Swim little fish swim sur OCS. ocs.fr. October 1, 2016.
9. Web site: 'Swim Little Fish Swim': Film Review Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. October 5, 2016.
10. Web site: Kohn. Eric. Sundance Review: 'Swim Little Fish Swim' is a Gentle NYC Delight. Indiewire.com. 17 September 2014.
11. Web site: Review: 'Swim Little Fish Swim' - MTV. https://web.archive.org/web/20161001190313/http://www.mtv.com/news/2772745/review-swim-little-fish-swim/. dead. October 1, 2016. mtv.com. October 5, 2016.
12. Web site: Joshua Reviews Ruben Amar And Lola Bessis' Swim Little Fish Swim [SXSW 2013 Review]. October 5, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161001193605/http://criterioncast.com/festivals/sxsw/joshua-reviews-ruben-amar-and-lola-bessis-swim-little-fish-swim-sxsw-2013-review. October 1, 2016. mdy-all.
13. Web site: SXSW 2013: Computer Chess, Swim Little Fish Swim, & Loves Her Gun The House Next Door Slant Magazine. slantmagazine.com. October 5, 2016.
14. Web site: Lola Bessis: Muses, Cinematic Women The Red List. theredlist.com. October 5, 2016.