Miracle Fish

Feb 19, 2010

0h 17m

★ 6.2

Overview

8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Druid Films

Blue-Tongue Films

Qoob

Miracle Fish Trailers

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Cast

Joe

Karl Beattie

Man

Brendan Donoghue

Mum

Tara Morice

Peter Unwin / TRG Negotiator

Kieran Darcy-Smith

TRG #1

Sebastian Dickins

Front Office Lady

Eliza Logan

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