An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form.
Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his
uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by
neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a
gaggle of pet turtles.
Source: IMDB
Paul R. Gurian, Yves Marmion, Claude Ossard, Richard Brick
Original music by
Goran Bregovic
Editing by
Chris Lebenzon
Production Companies
Canal+, Constellation, Hachette Première, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
other Companies
Albert G. Ruben and Company Inc.
Distributors
Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK), Budapest Film, Cannes Home Vídeo, TriPictures S.A., Twister Digital Video, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Warner Bros.
France 6 January 1993; Netherlands 6 May 1993; Germany 13 May 1993; Hungary 4 June 1993; Spain 24 September 1993; Sweden 15 October 1993;
Finland 27 May 1994; Japan 30 July 1994 (Tokyo); USA 9 September 1994; Poland 27 January 1995; USA 7 June 1995 (New York City; New York);
UK 30 June 1995; Italy 29 May 1998; Iceland 29 August 1999; (Reykjavik Film Festival); Czech Republic 19 January 2002
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