The Amazing Catfish
2013 · Movie · NR · 91 min · ★ 6.7 · 85% critics
A young supermarket promoter lands in the emergency room with a sudden health crisis and connects with a woman in the next bed. As their bond grows, she’s drawn into the woman’s family life, finding unexpected support, responsibility, and affection amid ongoing hospital visits and everyday struggles.
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Details
- Original title
- Los insólitos peces gato
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-08-10
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (44 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a simple, emotional story about chosen family, love, and coping with illness, closer in spirit to Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed; Not for you if you want a carefree, upbeat ride.
Pros: heartfelt found-family bond; strong performances; warm moments amid sadness | Cons: heavier tone than expected; frequent hospital returns; not light escapism
Themes
- woman director
- family affairs
Cast & crew
Ximena Ayala
as Claudia
Lisa Owen
as Martha
Sonia Franco
as Alejandra
- WG
Wendy Guillén
as Wendy
- AB
Andrea Baeza
as Mariana
- AR
Alejandro Ramírez-Muñoz
as Armando
- VW
Vera Wilson
as Alicia
- CB
Cynthia Bordes
as Tania
- JA
José Manuel Orozco Angulo
as Vigilante
- SQ
Sara Isabel Quintero
as Señora de la cera
Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce