Fish Tale Soup

19951 h 29 min 30 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

Direction: Annette Mangaard

Production: Pam DavenportAnnette MangaardSilva Basmajian

Script: Annette Mangaard

Co-produced by Three Blondes Inc., Actuality Films Inc. and the NFB.

Fish Tale Soup is a romantic comedy about Vivi (Kathleen Laskey) and Paul (John Jarvis), a contemporary couple trying to have a child. Vivi works at the local pound where she feels that far too many animals are put down due to space constrictions. Because of government cutbacks, Paul's music therapy class for handicapped children is about to be phased out. Vivi and Paul's desperate attempts to conceive are putting a strain on their marriage. Into this melée steps Markus (Rémy Girard), the gentle giant of a refugee from nowhere. Soon Markus has insinuated himself into not only Paul and Vivi's home, but every aspect of their lives. The story comes to a heartwarming conclusion when we find that Markus is not the refugee he presented himself as, but an angel sent to help our couple with their plight. A first film director Annette Mangaard Fish Tale Soup touches us in a gentle but deep way.

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director
Annette Mangaard
script
Annette Mangaard
producer
Pam Davenport
Annette Mangaard
executive producer
Silva Basmajian
photography
Philip Earnshaw
sound
Greg Chapman
Craig M. Henighan
editing
Boyd Bonitzke
sound editing
Alison Clark
sound mix
Serge Boivin
Jean Paul Vialard
music
David Bradstreet
cast
Rémy Girard
Kathleen Laskey
John Jarvis
Patric Masurkevitch
Michèle Muzzi
Dax Adam
David Cole
Maria Syrgiannis
Carlo Rota
Raquel Santos
Daniel Santos
Shelly Hong
Miya Akiyama
Carlton Watson
Dawn Greenhalgh
Michael Tait
Jennifer Podemski