Eat Your Catfish

dir. Noah Amir Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen / 2021 / USA, Spain, Turkey / 72min.
Years with ALS have left Kathryn paralyzed and needing 24-hour care. What does the world look like from her perspective?

Years with ALS have left Kathryn paralyzed and needing 24-hour care. The  situation has embittered and alienated her husband Said, and proved too much for many nurses and aides. Her grown son Noah, who lives with Kathryn and Said in their New York City apartment, struggles to balance his academic obligations with those he feels he owes to his mother. The disease has also been a destructive force complicating relations between everyone in her family. Kathryn often falls into despair, but she has been holding on to see her daughter’s wedding day.

This project draws on 930 hours of footage – all filmed without any crew present from a fixed camera from Kathyn’s point of view. The result is a profoundly intimate, layered and wryly funny portrait of a family at its breaking point.

duration:
72 min
country / year of production:
USA, Spain, Turkey / 2021
director:
Noah Amir Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
cinematography:
Noah Amir Arjomand
producer:
Noah Amir Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen / Zela Film
selected festivals and awards:
2021 – IDFA Amsterdam
sections:
Intimate Stories
competitions:
“Zwierciadło” Magazine’s Award for the Best Film on Psychology
tags:
psychology relations

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