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Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999)
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Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999)
Original name: Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two brothers share a house in LA's Fairfax district: Tony's a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground. As these emotions swirl, Tony meets his US Postal Service letter carrier, a single mom named Kathy who's come to LA from Wyoming with her daughter, a budding actress. Chris meets Anna, an Italian beauty working in the States for a few months wrangling animals on movie sets. Chris also befriends Clive, an aging and crusty man whose longing for his recently-deceased wife is a portrait of true love. Can Clive's example help Chris sort out his love life, and can Tony grow up enough to see the possibilities with Kathy and her daughter?
Style: independent film, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, light, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: friendship, accountant, friends, family relations, parents and children, hollywood, love and romance, singleness, fall in love, couples, filmmaking, introspection, lifestyle, actor's life, musician's life, siblings relations, human nature, artists and showbiz, couple relations, twentysomething life, actor, single mother, male female relationship, single parent, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new jersey

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