Movie: Mermaid

Mar 10, 2009 18:52

Mermaid -- or more accurately, "Rusalka," the original title --  is a Russian import, a beautiful, whimsical and ultimately dark tale of a girl who is born with a magical sense of life and luck.

Alisa (or Alice, depending on subtitles) reveals that she was born from a mythic mating of a sailor and a Venus-on-the-half-shell version of her mother in ( Read more... )

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wrathchylde March 10 2009, 23:51:23 UTC
Thanks for sharing. I definitely want to check this out. I posted a link to this over at the mermaid lagoon community. (Hope that's ok.)

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douglas_clegg March 10 2009, 23:53:46 UTC
Of course that's okay. It's a great movie.

Bear in mind, there are no mermaids in the movie.

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duowolf March 12 2009, 16:51:16 UTC
Looks like a pretty interesting movie.

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Peterson rpointing June 8 2010, 09:15:17 UTC
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