The Annihilation of Fish

In Charles Burnett's charming film, Lynn Redgrave plays a former housewife with an imagined lover, opera composer Puccini. She moves into a L.A.

boarding house where she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish (James Earl Jones), recently released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons.

In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together.