April 30, 2009 05:30PM EDT
Q&A: The Fish Child
"People should have the freedom in it to see what they want to see," said director Lucía Puenzo (XXY), discussing her moody and magnificent second film, The Fish Child. Two girls in a dangerous love that crosses class boundaries, the story originated in Puenzo's head ten years ago: "It started as a short story written in the voice of a dog," she said. "I was always fascinated by legends, they're created from a very dark crime, an unsolved story, and people need to retell it with luminous creativity."
She adapted her own book for the screen: "[the dog narrator] has a lot of humor and when I took it away, the genre came out. There's a lot of genres." There's a social underpinning to this mysterious story of Lala and her love, her familiy maid Guayi. "[In Argentina] the domestic help often lives with the family, which creates an intimacy. There were many social games inside the family. I think the young age of the characters in this film was very powerful. Guayi had so much suffering around her, but she was such a survivor."
The grainy, dreamy look of The Fish Child, while initially a result of budget, became interesting for Puenzo. "Many times out of limitations, you find something that works."
The Fish Child has a final screening on Saturday. Rush tickets are available.
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