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God Is Not a Fish Inspector

Accession number: 
1980.0051

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Production Years: 
1980

Languages:

  • English
Film Properties: 
  • Colour
  • Sound
Length (minutes): 
28

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Holding Institutions: 

Grand Prairie Regional College, Grand Prairie, Alberta: VHS.
"Set around Lake Winnipeg in an Icelandic community, old fisherman denied his quota by the government fishes illegally. He tries desperately to keep a step ahead of the fish inspector, a nagging daughter and the consequences of old age."

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Film and TV Database (British Film Institute).
"Story about a 70 year-old fisherman who, despite his daughter's efforts to dissuade him, ignores the legal restrictions on night fishing to rise at 3am every day to retrieve his nets from the lake. He must contend with his daughter, the fish inspector and old age. Intended to illustrate the struggle of old people to retain a sense of identity and pride in the face of changing ways and society's desire to put them away in homes."