13 minutes. One old man. One fish. Zero chill.
Direction
Pleffer packs a lifetime into 13 minutes.
Cinematography
Underwater sequences feel like another world.
Acting
Ron Falk's face tells entire novels.
Director
Billie Pleffer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ron Falk was in his 80s during filming, bringing genuine decades of lived experience to a role requiring almost no dialogue.
Part of a wave of Australian female-directed shorts (2015-2019) that proved emotional depth needs neither budget nor runtime.
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