The Summer of Flying Fish (Spanish: El Verano de los Peces Voladores) is a 2013 Chilean-French comedy-drama film directed by Marcela Said.

Manena seems to be the only one who perceives the growing tension her father’s actions provoke in the local Mapuche community, who claim access to these lands.

[3][4] The Chilean female director, Marcela Said, very delicately handles the theme of the storyline based on the long-standing conflict between the native Mapuche and the white land owners of European descent, and very skillfully depicts the drama and emotion in the film in a lifelike reality, which is further complemented by her choice of actors who have no experience in film acting.

Apart from making an effort to give the story a graphic touch, the director appears to have tried bringing to light the gross injustice meted out by the rich white settlers to the native South American Mapuche tribesmen.

Although very successful in building up on-the-edge-of-your-seat sequences, the movie suffers from poor narrative, shallow characterization and vague motivation.