The lure

The lure

DVD 2017

Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid,' in which the girls' bond is tested...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Mermaids Fiction

Poland Social life and customs Fiction

Sisters Fiction

More in this Genre:

Comedy films Fantasy films Feature films Fiction Foreign films Motion pictures, Polish Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 896 Criterion collection ; 896 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681433677

Edition:

Director-approved DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Other Title:

Original title: Córki dancingu

Notes:

Title from container
Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
In Polish with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

2254159

UPC:

715515205115

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Mazurek, Marta, 1990- actor
Olszanska, Michalina, 1992- actor
Preis, Kinga, actor
Smoczyńska, Agnieszka, film director

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