The Twelve Shorts of Christmas #5: The Bloody Fish (2011)

Malaysia / 14 minutes / color with some bw / D1 Productions, Moving Pictures Dir & Scr & Cine: Dick Chua Pr: Aik Sern Ng, Stephen Chong Cast: Ke Feng Lum, Pei Xuan, Jia Yen Wong, Melvin Koh, Shan Fei Lim, Yoke Lan Lee

An odd, enigmatic short made by an alumnus of The One Academy in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: “Malaysia’s Leading Art & Design College.” I suspect that some of the cast were the director’s fellow-students, since I’ve been unable to track down any further appearances by them. I’ve also, since the movie’s credits are skimpy, been unable to ascertain who played which character. Please bear with me as I emit vagueness in all directions.

We see a lovely young woman, Ling, receive a text message from, we assume, her boyfriend inviting her to dinner: he’s created a special new fish recipe he thinks she’ll like.

Ling

We also see a much older, almost thuggish man preparing a Continue reading