Mermaid (2007 film)

• Marija Schalajewa: Alisa Titova
• Yevgeny Zyganow Aleksandr Viktorovich ( Sasha )
• Marija Sokowa: Alisa's mother
• Irina Skrinitschenko: Rita ( Sasha's girlfriend)

Alisa, the sea girl, also known as Rusalka - Mermaid (Russian Русалка ) is a Russian film from 2007 He is based loosely on the fairy tale The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and plays in modern Russia. . Directed by Anna Melikyan. The film tells the story of Alisa, a little girl to take the many strange and bizarre events. The look of the film and its narrative style are modern and fit to the inherent dynamics of the film.

Action

Alisa is a little girl that lives with his mother and grandmother by the sea. The father has never met. Alisa has the wonderful ability to make wishes come true. After some problems she no longer chooses to speak, and is sent to a special school for disabled children. With nearly 18 years by a desire of it, it seems the whole village devastated by a storm and she loses her home. The family moved to Moscow and Alisa begins to take on their way possession of the city. She then meets her " prince charming ", a rich businessman, whom she rescues from drowning when he drunk wants to take life itself.

Background

The film was shown at numerous festivals, has won several awards and was shown at the Berlinale 2008.

Reception

"With her ​​second feature film based on Mars ' (2004) born in Azerbaijan director Anna Melikian managed a fantastic lighter, melancholy and funny film. In its cinema fairy tales, Alisa, the sea Girls ' connects the fabric of Hans Christian Andersen, little mermaid ' and fantasy imagination into a surreal urban romance. "