Reality vs. artistic aspirations
“Swim Little Fish Swim,&#34; the debut feature from writer-directors Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar, is set against the backdrop of a New York City where hopeful artists gather and long to achieve success. Among these is musician Leeward (Dustin Guy Defa) and wife Mary (Brooke Bloom), a hospital nurse who is becoming more and more resentful of her husband. While she works long hours, Leeward fancies himself a misunderstood artist and composes songs with instruments he makes from his 3-year-old daughter’s toys. Lilas (Lola Bessis), a 19-year-old French artist and daughter of a world-famous painter, tries to make it in New York’s contemporary art scene and escape her overbearing mother. When Lilas moves into Leeward and Mary’s small Chinatown apartment, the couple’s already strained relationship is upset even more.<br /><br />This theme has been tapped many times before: artistic aspirations in collision with real-world needs. Seeing himself as an undiscovered artist and visionary, Leeward puts the burden of supporting the family entirely on his wife’s shoulders. We never empathize with him because we never see the evidence of his supposed artistic “genius.” He comes off as an arrogant, shallow complainer rather than someone actively working toward a goal.<br /><br />Bessis and Amar show promise, but the film tends to wander and often fails to focus on what is most important, concerned instead with infusing the movie with local color. The film is in English and French, with English subtitles.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In a small New York apartment he shares with his wife, Leeward, an unsual and talented musician, composes songs with instruments he makes from his three year old daughter's toys. Lilas, a young French video maker, drags her suitcase from artists' squats to hip galleries, hoping to break into the selective contemporary art scene. Their meeting could be the very thing that drives them to make their dreams come true..