El Nino Pez(Spanish) is directed by Lucia Puenzo, the movie portrays Lala and Ailin Gyaui(a house maid) in Buenos Aires
The film weaves together two separate themes. While the first and prominent is a lesbian couple and their struggle, the second is about a supernatural being or Gyaui’s ‘fish child’, who is half-fish, half-human and lives under water in the lake Ypoa next to which gyuai’s home is.
While the girls plan their escape and steal everything they can lay hands on, events with Lala’s father being involved in this mysterious story become clearer. Ailin ends up in prison for a crime she has not committed while Lala reaches Lake Ypoa
The film does present the social inequality in South America while showing the contrasting lives of Lala's father and Guayi's father and the other people like a guy who keeps a lot of dogs and helps Ailin out.
I do particularly like Lala's dog, it's really sad when the dog is shot.
The camera gives us the stories of both the characters as it indulges in both their lives separately. We can feel two characters being shown. The underwater shots are beautiful as the legendary fish child is magically portrayed with his surroundings and the place he lives in.
The movie is a good one time watch, but not something I'd call a 'must watch'.
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