How Is Your Fish Today?

How Is Your Fish Today?
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Directed by	Xiaolu Guo
Produced by	Xiaolu Guo Jess Search
Written by	Xiaolu Guo Hui Rao
Starring	Xiaolu Guo Ning Hao Hui Rao Zijiang Yang
Music by	Matt Scott
Edited by	Emiliano Battista
Distributed by	Forward Entertainment
Release date	January 18, 2007 (2007-01-18)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

How Is Your Fish Today?, also known as Jin Tian De Yu Zen Me Yang?, is a 2007 Chinese film written by Xiaolu Guo and Hui Rao. It was directed by Xiaolu Guo. The film is a drama set in modern China, focusing on the intertwined stories of two main characters; a frustrated writer (Hui Rao) and the subject of his latest work, Lin Hao (Zijiang Yang). How Is Your Fish Today won 4 international awards and was well received by critics, but was not commercially successful.

Cast

• Hui Rao as himself
• Zijiang Yang as Lin Hao
• Xiaolu Guo as Mimi
• Ning Hao as Hu Ning

Reception

How Is Your Fish Today? was consistently given good ratings by reviewers, but still remains fairly unpopular.^[1]

Critics

On its release, How Is Your Fish Today? was received well by critics, who applauded the film as an impressive debut from Guo.^[2]

Awards

• Guo was awarded the "Grand Prix" at the 2007 Créteil International Women's Film Festival.
• Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival.
• Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Pesaro International Film Festival of New Cinema.
• Guo was given a Special Mention at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
• Guo was nominated for the "Tiger Award" at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
• Guo was nominated for "Grand Jury Prize" in the World Cinema/Dramatic categories at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

References

External links

• HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? site for Independent Lens on PBS
• How Is Your Fish Today? on IMDb
• How Is Your Fish Today? at Rotten Tomatoes