The grim setting is played very seriously, as is the mortality that the fish deal with. While the rest of the fish in the tank don’t hold any hope of escape, Padak has known the sea, and she’s determined to get back to it.
Padak, our main character, is a mackerel that’s been taken from the sea and placed into a tank at said live seafood restaurant where she and her fellow fish both await, avoid, and grapple with their inevitable demise. If you’re familiar with how live seafood restaurants work, then you’ll get a sinking feeling when you learn that that’s exactly where our fishy protagonists are trapped. Despite the aquatic main characters, Padak Padak is far from being Finding Nemo.
Padak Padak, sometimes alternatively titled as PADAK or Swimming To Sea, is an independently made 3D adult animated film from South Korea.
