Synopsis
Rita (25), has to live her life in a foreign country after she is unable to be with her father’s Carlos death. Through a phone call with her brother back in Portugal, she listens to the funeral mass for her father. In her eye full of tragedy she finds a fish wrapped inside a shopping bag. Rita heads to the lake with a dead fish in her arms, but despite her will to save it, the fish doesn't come back to life…
아버지 ‘카를로스’의 임종을 지키지 못하고 타국에서 자신의 삶을 살아가야 하는 ‘리타’(25). 고향에 있는 동생과의 전화 통화를 통해 아버지 장례식의 장례 기도문을 듣게 되고 자신이 들고 있던 봉지 속, 랩에 쌓여있는 물고기를 발견하게 된다. 죽은 물고기를 품에 안고 호수로 향하는 리타, 물고기를 살리려는 그녀의 의지와는 다르게 물고기가 살아나지 않는데…
Screenings & Awards
2021 74th Cannes Film Festival, 'Short film corner'
2021 23rd Woodstock Film Festival, Nominated 'Best Short Narrative'
2021 26th Capri, Hollywood Film Festival, 'Official selection'
2021 14th SHORT to the Point, ‘Semi Finalist’
2022 27th Cine Maniacs Fimfest, ‘Finalist’
2022 13rd Manchester Lift Off Film Festival, ‘Official selection’
Credits
| Director | Youngdae Lee |
| Writer | Youngdae Lee |
| Producer | Youngdae Lee |
| 'Rita' | Rita Ramalho |
| 'Priest' | Artur Ramalho |
| 'Gon' | Gonçalo Soares |
| Cinematographer | Youngdae Lee |
| Editor | Youngdae Lee |
| Art Director | Hyojung Kim |
Specifications
South Korea and United Kingdom | 2021 | 9min 24sec | Color | 1:1 | Portuguese and English dialogue | English subtitles | Stereo
Links
'FISH TO THE LAKE', 칸영화제 초청
