Mermaid (2007)
61K Albina Evtushevskaya Aleksandr Ratnikov Anastasiya Dontsova Anna Melikyan Artur Smolyaninov Evgeniy Tsyganov Igor Savochkin Igor Uryvaev Igor Yatsko Irina Skrinichenko Ivan Nikolaev Maksim Konovalov Mariya Shalayeva Mariya Sokova Nana Kiknadze Natalya Nazarova Oksana Borisova Sergey Chirkov Tomas Mockus Veronika Skugina 2007 7.2 Anna Melikyan Russia Russian
Mermaid (2007). 1h 55m
“I only saw fifteen films at the Sundance Film Festival this year, but this one was my favorite film. The music was fantastic and maintained a level of intrigue and surrealism that produced a sense of mythic reality and impending urgency. Anastasiya Dontsova was phenomenal as Young Alisa and Mariya Shalayeva, who played Alisa from ages 17-18 years old, was spellbinding. The many closeups of her anxious face were a delight to the beholder. Although the pacing was a little slow at times, the story moved forward with a sense of inevitability that I imagine reflects the current circumstance in Russia today. Itu0026#39;s always wonderful to see great films still coming out of the former Soviet Union.”
