Fishwife

Too many virtues for 16 minutes short film. It is the first conclusion after its end. The basic virtue is the generous liberty offered to viewer to interprete the story. The second - the landscapes and cinematography. And, not the last, the serious fist of questions.

A single woman, in an isolated house. Her routine.

A venerable man interested by her clothe. A visit in night, of a young wet man asking stay near fire, with spectacular consequence.

And a sort of revenge , bizarre romance and presumed happy end.

A short film giving not answers, maybe some suggestions not very easy to define in proper manner. The Gothic atmosphere of an England of XVIII century and generous chain of symbols. In fact, exactly the generosity , like the images and music, near the performances are the precious gift offered to audience by director. And this makes Fishwife just special to beautiful.

I know it goes out of the water - but it feels like I am saying the same thing, yes? So no pun intended - also no fish ... that gets harmed here. But this is not about animals (even if we have one name checked in the title) but about humans ... a woman in particular. We spend quite some time with her alone before someone enters (quite literally to) the short movie.

That said, her first instinct is not to let him in ... and that may be right. Even as a viewer we feel that something is off. We can't entirely put our finger on it though ... but the short movie will give us an answer. It will hold out and not give us too many answers though. Interesting to say the least, though maybe too weird for a wide audience? Definitely very well told and shot (cinematography is amazing) ...