The Summer of Flying Fish

The Summer of Flying Fish Spanish El Verano de los Peces Voladores is a ChileanFrench film directed by Marcela Said.

Manena is on vacation in the south of Chile with her father Francisco, a wealthy landowner. Francisco is obsessed with eliminating the carp fish in his artificial lagoon, resorting to increasingly extreme methods such as using explosives. Manena seems to be the only one who perceives the growing tension her fathers actions provoke in the local Mapuche community, who claim access to these lands.The Chilean female director, Marcela Said, very delicately handles the theme of the storyline based on the longstanding conflict between the native Mapuche and the white land owners of European descent, and very skillfully depicts the drama and emotion in the film in a lifelike reality, which is further complemented by his choice of actors who have no experience in film acting. The overall effect of the film is a blend of both fiction and nonfiction. Apart from making an effort to give the story a graphic touch, the director appears to have tried bringing to light the gross injustice meted out by the rich white settlers to the native South American Mapuche tribesmen. ........

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