A Bad Day to go Fishing (Mal día para pescar)

A BAD DAY TO GO FISHING tells the story of Orsini (Piquer), an impresario who arrives in a small town with his protégé, a one-time German wrestling champion named Jacob van Oppen (Ahola). Orsini's scheme is to use van Oppen's status to lure locals into duels with him, promising a large cash sum to anybody that can pin him in three minutes. In reality, the matches are fixed to protect van Oppen's reputation – and Orsini's income. The pair's plan is threatened, however, when an opponent is too drunk to wrestle and a local woman (Costa) offers up her muscular husband as a replacement to face off against van Oppen, who is nursing sore muscles, a nasty cough and an even nastier alcohol habit. With plenty of deadpan satire, this is a fine example of a Uruguayan cinema rarely seen outside its own country.

Print source: Bavaria Film International