Mermaid (2007)

In Moscow, a young woman disappears after falling in love with a new man.

Director:

Anna Melikyan

Writers:

Anna Melikyan (screenplay), Natalya Nazarova

Stars:

Mariya Shalayeva, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Mariya Sokova

7 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mariya Shalayeva	...	Alisa Titova
Evgeniy Tsyganov	...	Aleksandr Viktorovich 'Sasha'
Mariya Sokova	...	Alisa's mother
Anastasiya Dontsova	...	Young Alisa (as Nastya Dontsova)
Veronika Skugina
Irina Skrinichenko	...	Rita - Sasha's girlfriend
Albina Evtushevskaya	...	Alisa's grandmother
Oksana Borisova
Ivan Nikolaev
Igor Savochkin
Igor Yatsko	...	Alisa's chief
Igor Uryvaev
Sergey Chirkov
Maksim Konovalov
Tomas Motskus

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

coming of age | girl | little girl | f rated | wish comes true | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Russia's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

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Quotes

Alisa Titova: And you, do you have a lot on the moon?
Aleksandr Viktorovich 'Sasha': I don't need to escape anywhere, i feel bad enough here.

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Connections

Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

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Soundtracks

Odin telefonny zvonok
Written and Performed by Lera Masskva

User Reviews

Believe in mermaids

This was a good interpretation. It's the type of movie that I hope opens the imagination to it's viewers and allows you to believe in the unbelievable -if only for a moment. Even though I only viewed this film because it relates to my career field as a mermaid, I liked the feel of the project and can tell this one might have taken a while to plan and come up with. It is more of an adult type of audience more than what you might imagine and if you are hoping for an actual mermaid like in Disney you will be sadly disappointed. Not every film needs to be a replica of the next and this goes into its own direction and interpretation of how to use the word mermaid to tie in it's storyline.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian Mandarin

Release Date:

22 November 2007 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Mermaid

Filming Locations:

Anapa, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$1,700,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,431,983

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Partnership, Magnum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 100 min (theatrical)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1