[1][2] The film, which has a musical score but no dialogue tells of a boy, a golden fish, and a black cat.
The boy leaves school, comes home to his apartment, feeds his bird, and goes out with a glass bottle and two coins.
The booth's sign says "REGLEMENT Chaque gagnant a droit à un magnifique poisson exotique/les poissons ne sont pas rachetés" (Regulation: Each winner is entitled to a magnificent exotic fish/the fish are not redeemed [for money]).
He looks longingly at the golden fish, and at the coins, but doesn't place a bet (Another sign says "20 F la partié"), and leaves.
There were two books related to this film, in French titled Histoire d'un poisson rouge, one with drawings (Gautier-Languereau, Paris, 1961), and a second book with 12 pages containing photographs from the film and a 45 RPM record the story told by Daniele Delorme, released by Phillips (Catalog No.