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Movie poster: Fishing for Goldfish (1895)
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Fishing for Goldfish

1895 · 1 min Documentary
4.8 / 10 · TMDB

A man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with her bare hands.

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Original Title La pêche aux poissons rouges
Year 1895
Country France
Genre Documentary
Director Louis Lumière
Runtime 1 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.8/10 (72 votes)

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The film constructs a vignette around a fundamental human impulse: a child's desire to grasp the elusive. It relies on a single, static shot to document this pure, unscripted moment of discovery, making no attempt to guide the viewer beyond observation.

What lingers after the brief runtime is the profound simplicity of early cinema, capturing not a story but a fragment of life in motion. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Louis Lumière

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As a quiet, historical artifact best viewed with curiosity.

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