Mermaid (2007)

• Year: 2007
• Released: 22 Nov 2007
• Country: Russia
• Adwords: 7 wins & 15 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995747/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mermaid
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Russian, Mandarin
• MPA Rating: N/A
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
• Runtime: 115 min
• Writer: Anna Melikyan, Natalya Nazarova
• Director: Anna Melikyan
• Cast: Mariya Shalayeva, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Mariya Sokova
• Keywords: woman director,

7.2/10

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The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.—Anonymous

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A fantastic modern fable

Mermaid is an awesomely bizarre tale of a strange girl called Alisa, who, as a little girl, lives by the beach with her comically grotesque mother and grandmother and pines for her father to come and rescue her . Later on in her life she is forced to confront reality when she travels to Moscow with her family, and as a teenager, finds out all about all the wonders of the world, including love, jobs and friendship, all seen through an impossibly optimistic and offbeat sensibility. Mermaid plays like the second coming of Amelie, and everything about it is utterly charming; the fantastically upbeat, jazzy score, the dreamy cinematography tinged with realism, the quirky scenarios, but mostly the utterly charismatic and awesome central performances from the two girls playing Alisa, who like Audrey Tatou before them, will make you fall in love. Alisa is such an endearingly odd character, charmingly offbeat and naive, while remaining startlingly independent and fierce. A last act stumble provoked by a tangle of superfluous characters dampens the charm of the film somewhat,and it meanders in parts, but on the whole Mermaid is an almost note-perfect film that will leave you with a dreamy smile on your face and a longing for days of lost innocence.

Quirky, bright, fun, imaginative and innovative

This was among my four highest favorites of the 36 films I saw at this years Palm Springs International Film Festival. This film won the Directing Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, both in the World Cinema-Dramatic category at last years Sundance Film Festival. It’s an amazing film for a feature film sophomore release by writer/director Anna Melikyan. This is the story of Alisa (Anastasiya Dontsova as little girl Alisa and Mariya Shalayeva as young woman Alisa) who grows up in a seaside fishing village with her mother (Mariya Sokova) and her grandmother (Albina Yevtushevskaya). Alisa is the product of very brief affair between her mother and a sailor. The sailor returns to his ship and the seas and out of their lives forever and Alisa longs for the return of the father she never knew. Alisa also longs to be a ballerina but when she is denied she takes a vow of silence to never speak again. This results in her being sent to a special needs school where she excels and develops what she believes is the power to make certain wishes come true. As an adult she heads to Moscow where she saves a handsome and wealthy burnt out real estate salesman from suicide. Now she must compete for his affection. Beautiful photography from cinematographer Oleg Kirichenko and art direction from Ulyna Ryabova with an excellent original music score from Igor Vdovin who all like director Melikyan are relatively new to feature film-making. Great casting with superb acting performances especially from Shalayeva as the older Alisa, who at 25 when this was filmed doesn’t look nearly that old, and from the equally charming Dontsova as the younger Alisa. This film is a dramatic comedy with a lot of comedy blended with fable-like fantasy and color. This is quirky, bright, fun, smart, imaginative and innovative story and storytelling. There are a couple of dark scenes, one stunning and numbing scene in particular through great film-making where you anticipate what may happen but when it does happen it’s not what you expected at all. This is a great film and I would recommend it and give it a 10 out of 10.

Why worth watching and why worth remembering

This beautiful picture represents the loveliest trend of the modern Russian cinema (that largely consists of cheap action movies and lachrymose dramas) – a definite piece of art and a work of an Author, a story that truthfully and painfully reflects city life from the confused point of view of an outsider, dreamer, youngster. “Rusalka” is often compared to “Progulka” (2003) and “Piter FM” (2006), as in this respect these films are kindred to “Rusalka”, never mentioning the fact that they all star Yevgeni Tsyganov – the new Russian Gael García Bernal type. However, watching “Rusalka” aches more than two before-mentioned pictures, for it doesn’t lie for the sake of good mood. “Rusalka” is sometimes also called “Amélie Poulain in Moscow” because of the expressive and charming character of the heroine who believes that life is a beautiful and never-ending mystery; however, “Rusalka” goes farther than “Amélie”, openly showing that City is not only a place of romance and unexpected adventures, but in fact a get-together of very very lonely people who find each other to remain alone. “Such things do happen in megapoles. Seriously, no big deal. Such things do happen.” This might hurt.