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The Lure

Original title: Córki dancingu
  • 20152015
  • 1515
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
8K
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Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
Trailer for The Lure
Play trailer2:11
2 Videos
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DramaFantasyHorror

In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Agnieszka Smoczynska
  • Writer
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Marta Mazurek
    • Michalina Olszanska
    • Kinga Preis
Top credits
  • Director
    • Agnieszka Smoczynska
  • Writer
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Marta Mazurek
    • Michalina Olszanska
    • Kinga Preis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 54User reviews
    • 118Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 18 nominations

    Videos2

    The Lure
    Trailer 2:11
    The Lure
    The Lure
    Trailer 2:08
    The Lure

    Photos86

    Andrzej Konopka and Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marcin Kowalczyk in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek and Marcin Kowalczyk in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka, and Jakub Gierszal in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)
    Kinga Preis, Marta Mazurek, and Michalina Olszanska in Córki dancingu (2015)

    Top cast

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    Marta Mazurek
    Marta Mazurek
    • Srebrnaas Srebrna
    Michalina Olszanska
    Michalina Olszanska
    • Zlotaas Zlota
    Kinga Preis
    Kinga Preis
    • Wokalistka Krysiaas Wokalistka Krysia
    Andrzej Konopka
    Andrzej Konopka
    • Perkusistaas Perkusista
    Jakub Gierszal
    Jakub Gierszal
    • Basista Mietekas Basista Mietek
    Zygmunt Malanowicz
    Zygmunt Malanowicz
    • Kierownik salias Kierownik sali
    Magdalena Cielecka
    Magdalena Cielecka
    • Boskie Futroas Boskie Futro
    Katarzyna Herman
    Katarzyna Herman
    • Milicjantka Porucznik Moas Milicjantka Porucznik Mo
    Marcin Kowalczyk
    Marcin Kowalczyk
    • Trytonas Tryton…
    Joanna Niemirska
    • Nerkaas Nerka
    Katarzyna Sawczuk
    Katarzyna Sawczuk
    • Nancyas Nancy
    Roma Gasiorowska
    Roma Gasiorowska
    • Rakietaas Rakieta
    Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
    Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
    • Bramkarzas Bramkarz
    Janina Wronska
    • Barmanka Jankaas Barmanka Janka
    Krzysztof Chmielewski
    • Aparatas Aparat
    Piotr Skiba
    • Delfinas Delfin
    Marta Malikowska
    Marta Malikowska
    • Lusiaas Lusia
    Zbigniew Buczkowski
    Zbigniew Buczkowski
    • Dyrektor estradyas Dyrektor estrady
    • Director
      • Agnieszka Smoczynska
    • Writer
      • Robert Bolesto
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    One dark night, at water's edge, a family of musicians encounter aquatic sirens Silver and Golden. After assuring the family that they won't eat them up, the winsome sirens are recruited to join the Figs and Dates band at a neon-lit Warsaw dance club. When Silver becomes romantically entangled with beautiful blonde bassist Mietek, the more cunning Golden, who cannot escape her bloodthirsty nature, worries that her sister's relationship will doom their shared dream of swimming to a new life in America. —Anonymous
    love trianglemermaidsister sister relationshipbisexualvampiric388 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Their element is night.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
      • Musical
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • 15
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The mermaid tails were six feet long and weighed over fifty pounds.
    • Goofs
      Zlota and Srebrna can be seen disrobing twice during the Bylas Serca Biciem number.
    • Quotes

      Zlota: [singing] It's been a long time since I've felt this lonesome/It can't be the weather though it's pretty loathsome/At night I get cravings that aren't quite wholesome/It's been a long time since I've felt this lonesome/It can't be the weather though it's pretty loathsome/At night I get cravings that aren't quite wholesome/Because I'm sad and so are you/Now he's sad cause we're sad too/You're all sad and they're all sad/We're all gloomy as hell/Bid farewell to cheerful smiles/Dark thoughts eat me up alive/I'm a fly facing winter/Heavy, black, and sleepy/Because I'm sad and so are you/Now he's sad cause we're sad too/You're all sad and they're all sad/We're all gloomy as hell/You're all sad and they're all sad/We're all gloomy as hell

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credit sequence is an animation by the painter Aleksandra Waliszewska, known for her nightmare-inducing takes on fairy-tale characters-our first indication that we are in waters far from Disney. Skulls bob around the mermaid sisters as they swim sinuously about their aquatic serial killers' den, their sweet singing voices and long gold and raven locks in stark contrast to their grim surroundings.
    • Connections
      Featured in Off the Hook: The Making of 'The Lure' (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Syreni Calling
      Music by Barbara Wronska

      Lyrics by Zuzanna Wronska

      Performed by Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska & Barbara Wronska

    User reviews54

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Very enjoyable
    I just came from a screening of this movie at the filmPolska festival in Berlin. I enjoyed it more than I expected, because the film description made me a bit apprehensive. But it turned out very good! I enjoyed the unexpected mix of comedy, drama, music, horror, fairy tale and a bit of eroticism. It also had a nice flair of the 1980s Poland. The visual part of the film is great: the mermaids are very realistic (if you can say that about a mermaid), with long and heavy fishtails, and the actresses give a great performance. Despite their prettiness, the mermaid sisters look inhuman, animalistic. Mermaids are said to sing extraordinary beautiful song to attract men (and then kill them, heh), so I think it was a difficult task to create music to reflect this. However, it worked brilliantly. I was also pleasantly surprised by the subtle eroticism which never bordered with vulgarity. (It was also great to see a love scene between two women, I didn't expect it from a Polish movie.) Great job!
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    • bbgon
    • Apr 22, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2015 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Zavođenje
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)
      • Platige Image
      • Telewizja Polska
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $101,657
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,370
      • Feb 5, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $108,846
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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