A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.
Acting
Olmos simmers with wounded pride; Alonso's transformation is electric.
Cinematography
Fish-gut neon and cramped domestic spaces that suffocate.
Direction
Young lets silences scream louder than any thriller score could.
Director
Robert M. Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arie Verveen was a complete unknown discovered in a Chicago bar; this was his first and remains his most haunting performance.
Shot in 1995 but shelved until '96, this vanished in the shadow of Fargo and Heat—arguably the most overlooked neo-noir of the decade.
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