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| Treading Water | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Analeine Cal y Mayor |
| Written by | Alaleine Cal y Mayor Javier Gullón |
| Produced by | Niv Fichman Stacy Perskie |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gregory Middleton |
| Edited by | Óscar Figueroa |
| Music by | Benoît Charest |
| Production companies | Rhombus Media Redrum Mecanismo Films Telefilm Canada |
| Distributed by | The Orchard Alliance Films |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 86 minutes 92 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Mexico |
| Language | English |
Treading Water (also titled The Boy Who Smells Like Fish) is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz. It is Cal y Mayor's feature directorial debut.
Cast
- Douglas Smith as Mica
- Zoe Kravitz as Laura
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Catherine
- Ariadna Gil as Sophie
- Gonzalo Vega as Guillermo Garibai
- Don McKellar as Richard
Release
The film premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2013.
Reception
The film has a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.
Nick Schager of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Emitting the unpleasant stench of over-affectation, Treading Water slaps together its particular peculiarities with such randomness, it’s as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall."
Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two and a half stars.
Mark Adams of Screen Daily gave the film a positive review, calling it "a gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism."
References
- ^ Adams, Mark (March 6, 2013). "The Boy Who Smells Like Fish". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Schager, Nick (March 12, 2015). "Film Review: 'Treading Water'". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ THR Staff (March 12, 2015). "'Treading Water': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- "Treading Water". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- O'Malley, Sheila (March 13, 2015). "Treading Water". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
External links
- Treading Water at IMDb
- Treading Water at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Boy Who Smells Like Fish at Library and Archives Canada
- 2013 films
- 2013 comedy-drama films
- 2013 directorial debut films
- English-language Canadian films
- 2010s English-language films
- English-language Mexican films
- Mexican comedy-drama films
- Canadian comedy-drama films
- 2010s Canadian films
- 2010s Mexican films
- Films with screenplays by Javier Gullón
- Films scored by Benoît Charest
- English-language comedy-drama films