Director: Carlo Vogele
Release date: June 4, 2012
Rating: ★★★
Review:

A fish sings his last aria with the voice of Enrico Caruso, in a 1904 recording of the sad aria ‘una furtiva lagrima’ from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera ‘L’Elisir d’amore’. We see the fish at the fish market and on the way to his last destination: the frying pan, singing all the time.

The film is very well made and blends stop-motion with live action quite effortlessly (even though at one point some threads are visible). Unfortunately, this is a one idea film, with nothing surprising happening in the few minutes the short lasts.

Watch ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ yourself and tell me what you think:

‘Una furtiva lagrima’ is available on the The Animation Show of Shows Box Set 7

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