Synopsis:
A metaphor of how the normal order of things sometimes goes awry, one night the fish take over.
- Director:
- Joško Marušić
- Year:
- 1980
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Riblje oko
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writer:
- Goran Babić
- Music composer:
- Tomica Simović
- Editor:
- Tea Brunšmid
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragedy, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Trauma, Identity, Death, Relationships, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Awards:
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival / 1980 / Winner Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley
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