How Is Your Fish Today?

How Is Your Fish Today?
Promotional poster
Directed by	Xiaolu Guo
Written by	Xiaolu Guo
Produced by	Xiaolu Guo
Starring	Xiaolu Guo Ning Hao
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by
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 . 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 () and the subject of his latest work, Lin Hao (). How Is Your Fish Today won 4 international awards and was well received by critics, but was not commercially successful.

Cast[]

• as himself
• 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[]

• "Grand Prix" at the 2007 Créteil International Women's Film Festival
• Special Mention at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival
• Special Mention at the 2007
• NETPAC Special Mention at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival^[3]

Nominations[]

• "Tiger Award" at the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival
• "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? at IMDb
• How Is Your Fish Today? at Rotten Tomatoes
• How Is Your Fish Today? at Douban (in Chinese)