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Goldfish

Movie NR 2023 103 minutes
Goldfish movie poster: The headshots of a young Asian woman and her mother as a goldfish swims by on a beige background.

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age 14+

Intimate drama on mother-daughter dynamics and dementia.

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This delicate drama, directed by Pushan Kripalani, deals with love, loss, and loneliness in a beautifully bittersweet manner. Set in London during the early COVID-19 lockdowns, Goldfish brings together one character's sense of alienation due to her past, with her own mother's struggles with dementia. When Anamika tries to rekindle a relationship with her mother, Sadhana, there are bitter fights, lost words, and the customary "tea at four." It's a gentle, soft, and warm film that encompasses the fragilities between remembering and forgetting. Koechlin and Naval come together beautifully on-screen and represent the complexities within a mother-daughter relationship wonderfully. The result is a tender tale of togetherness overcoming loneliness and isolation.

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