Sleeping with the Fishes

'Sleeping with the Fishes' is an American Comedy written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher, starring Gina Rodriguez, Ana Ortiz and Steven Strait.

Rodriguez is Alexis 'Lexi' Fish, a woman who survives in Los Angeles after her husband's passing working as a mascot and an operator in a adults line. After the death of an aunt, she has to go back to her funeral in New York, where her captious mother Estella (Priscilla Lopez) lives and so does her older sister Kayla (Ortiz).

Kayla wants Lexi to stay in New York, so she finds her a job: to organize the bat mitzvah of one of he acquaintances, Mrs. Wassterstein. Also in New York City, Lexi meets the young and handsome Dominic (Strait), with whom she starts a friendship. She tells him her husband was constantly unfaithful during their marriage and he has left her with a lot of debt after his death.

Finally, Lexi ends up confronting both Mrs. Wassterstein after finally organizing her party despite of her picky character, as well as her mother Priscilla, to whom she finally reveals her husband wasn't what he appeared to be.

'Sleeping with the Fishes' was nominated to 5 Imagen Awards, who recognize the best latino content. Gina Rodriguez, Ana Ortiz and Priscilla Lopez achieved their nomination in the Best Actress categories, meanwhile Nicole Gomez Fisher won the award to Best Director.