Themes: Looking For Love, Playing the Field, Romantic Betrayal
Main Cast: Flora Montgomery, Sean Campion, Fiona Glascott, Keith McErlean, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Release Year: 2003
Country: IE
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Written and directed by Liz Gill, Goldfish Memory chronicles the ups and downs of several Irish singles who, like goldfish, seem to have a memory span that's simply too short to prevent them from repeating the same actions ad nauseam. Lives intertwine when a middle-aged professor (Sean Campion) with a nasty tendency to chase after his pupils breaks up with one of his conquests (Fiona Glascott) in order to repeat the pattern with another student (Fiona O'Shaughnessy). Shunned, Clara (Glascott) goes on to have a lesbian affair with a local reporter (Flora Montgomery), who turns out to be more than a little possessive. In an effort to get away from the needy reporter, Clara manages to attract the woman who had stolen the affections of her professor in the first place. Goldfish Memory was filmed entirely in Dublin, Ireland, and also features Keith McErlean, Peter Gaynor, and Jean Butler. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Cast
Flora Montgomery
Sean Campion
Fiona Glascott
Keith McErlean
Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Peter Gaynor; Jean Butler; Stuart Graham; Aisling O'Neill; Justine Mitchell; Lise Hearns; Demian McAdam
Credit
Madge Linnane - Art Director, Nuala Moiselle - Casting, Frank Moiselle - Casting, Liz Gill - Director, Dermot Diskin - Editor, Brendan McCarthy - Executive Producer, Richie Buckley - Composer (Music Score), Damien Rice - Composer (Music Score), Lisa Hannigan - Composer (Music Score), Ken Byrne - Cinematographer, Breda Walsh - Producer, Philippe Faujas - Sound/Sound Designer, Liz Gill - Screenwriter, Chryssy Tintner - Screenplay Consultant, Antonio Carlos Jobim - Featured Music
The movie is set around a small group of characters experiencing relationships which build and crumble before the viewers eyes. The title of the film refers to the belief, expressed by several of characters, that the goldfish retains a memory of something for only three seconds. Tom, one of the principal characters in the film, draws comparisons between this and the human tendency to jump from one relationship to the next, "forgetting" the pain that any previous one might have caused. The film shows complexities involved in straight relationships but exposes the gay and lesbian twist to love as well. Writer/director Liz Gill says the film was influenced by the work of directors Robert Altman and Richard Linklater, particularly Linklater's film Slacker.
Cast
Sean Campion, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Fiona Glascott, Peter Gaynor, Keith McErlean, Stuart Graham, Lise Hearns, Jean Butler, Justine Mitchell, Aisling O'Neill, Demien McAdam, Tony Brown, Flora Montgomery.
Four songs by the legendary Brazilian Bossa Nova composer Tom Jobim were remade for the movie, three of which ('Once I Loved', 'Waters of March' and 'Desafinado') were performed by Damien Rice with Lisa Hannigan (vocals) and Vyvienne Long (cello). The other ('Lamento No Morro') was performed by Richie Buckley.
