A small group of friends experience relationships which grow and stumble, involving everything from straight, gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships. The speed with which these relationships last leads to the Goldfish memory effect, the belief that a Goldfish only has a 3 second memory is a metaphor for the transient nature of the characters relationships.
Acting
Fiona O'Shaughnessy's chaotic magnetism as Clara
Writing
Sharp Dublin wit, less precious than typical rom-coms
Production
Guerilla Dublin locations before the city got glossy
Director
Elizabeth Gill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The goldfish memory myth is scientifically false—fish remember for months. The film ironically uses bad science for its central metaphor.
Released two years before Brokeback Mountain, this was part of a wave of small-budget queer Irish cinema rarely distributed outside festivals.
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