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The Annihilation of Fish

The Annihilation of Fish

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 1999

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Comedy

User Score

66%

Original Title

The Annihilation of Fish

Production Companies

American Sterling Productions

Director

Charles Burnett

Description

Poinsettia is a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady, where she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish, who has recently been released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons. In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together and begins to discover new things about themselves and the nuances of love and happiness.