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Tell It to the Fishes

2006 · 10 min

A tense, darkly comic two-hander on a rising tide, mixing dread with absurd banter as time runs out.

Directed by
William Sinclair
Overview
The tide is slowly coming in and Finn, a worthless low-rent hood, has been dropped on an isolated beach, his feet set in concrete. Finn's misery is compounded when Jack, a hard and edgy minor gangster responsible for his predicament, lands a few yards away, feet also set in concrete.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • fate
  • guilt
Places
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
William Sinclair
Written by
William Sinclair
Starring
Dylan Moran, Gerard McSorley, Karem Hernandez, Brigid Erin Bates, Ham Zanoun
Runtime
10 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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