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The Lure

Original title: Córki dancingu
  • 20152015
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
8.8K
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Michalina Olszanska in The Lure (2015)
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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
8.8K
YOUR RATING
    • Agnieszka Smoczynska
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Marta Mazurek
    • Michalina Olszanska
    • Kinga Preis
    • Agnieszka Smoczynska
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Marta Mazurek
    • Michalina Olszanska
    • Kinga Preis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 65User reviews
    • 121Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    Andrzej Konopka and Michalina Olszanska in The Lure (2015)
    Michalina Olszanska in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in The Lure (2015)
    Paulina Galazka in The Lure (2015)
    Katarzyna Herman in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in The Lure (2015)
    Marcin Kowalczyk in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek and Marcin Kowalczyk in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek in The Lure (2015)
    Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska in The Lure (2015)
    Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka, and Jakub Gierszal in The Lure (2015)

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    Marta Mazurek
    Marta Mazurek
    • Srebrna
    Michalina Olszanska
    Michalina Olszanska
    • Zlota
    Kinga Preis
    Kinga Preis
    • Wokalistka Krysia
    Andrzej Konopka
    Andrzej Konopka
    • Perkusista
    Jakub Gierszal
    Jakub Gierszal
    • Basista Mietek
    Zygmunt Malanowicz
    Zygmunt Malanowicz
    • Kierownik sali
    Magdalena Cielecka
    Magdalena Cielecka
    • Boskie Futro
    Katarzyna Herman
    Katarzyna Herman
    • Milicjantka Porucznik Mo
    Marcin Kowalczyk
    Marcin Kowalczyk
    • Tryton…
    Joanna Niemirska
    • Nerka
    Katarzyna Sawczuk
    Katarzyna Sawczuk
    • Nancy
    Roma Gasiorowska
    Roma Gasiorowska
    • Rakieta
    Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
    Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
    • Bramkarz
    Janina Wronska
    • Barmanka Janka
    Krzysztof Chmielewski
    • Aparat
    Piotr Skiba
    • Delfin
    Marta Malikowska
    Marta Malikowska
    • Lusia
    Zbigniew Buczkowski
    Zbigniew Buczkowski
    • Dyrektor estrady
      • Agnieszka Smoczynska
      • Robert Bolesto
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The mermaid tails were six feet long and weighed over fifty pounds. According to Agnieszka Smoczynska, they were designed to look "repulsive" and different from depictions like Splash (1984) or H2O: Just Add Water (2006).
    • 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 reviews65

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    6/10
    dark erotic horror musical fable
    It's 80's Poland. Two mermaids, Silver and Golden, are lured on shore. They join a strip act in a nightclub. Silver falls for Mietek and risks her life to be with him.

    This is a Polish film reimagining the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Little Mermaid. It's a dark erotic horror musical fable. It's doing a little too much and gets a little disjointed. I would drop the carnivorous nature, and the musical. Others may see it differently. I couldn't figure out whether to fear for the mermaids and be afraid of the mermaids. The shifting can be jarring. I get the musical aspect's connection to the story but it doesn't really fit. The world building is also a bit muddled. It's somewhat confused whether people know about mermaids or not and the era does not get infused into the story. This is definitely ambitious even if it's too ambitious.
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    • Oct 7, 2018

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2015 (Poland)
      • Poland
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Polish
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    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)
      • Platige Image
      • Telewizja Polska
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
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