Chicago director sets ‘The Fishbowl’ in the ‘contaminated island’ of Vieques

Noelia (Isel Rodriguez) naps on the lap of her mother Flora (Magali Carrasquillo) in “The Fishbowl.” (Provided)

One of the films in this year’s Chicago Latino Film Festival is the first feature-length project from director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, who lives part time in Hyde Park.

“The Fishbowl” — “La Pecera” in Spanish — is about a woman in San Juan, Puerto Rico. who discovers she has metastatic cancer after having been in remission a few years.