Mermaid (2007 film)

Mermaid Russian , Rusalka is a Russian 2007 comedydrama film directed and written by Anna Melikyan. It is a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersens The Little Mermaid. It was a box office success in Russia, won numerous awards and was selected as Russias official submission to ForeignLanguage Film category for the 2009 Academy Awards.

6yearold Alice lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea and waits for the return of her father. Alice dreams of becoming a ballerina and going to ballet school, but it does not work out. Alice notices that her mother is having an affair with their neighbor. Walking in on them having sex she shouts Traitor Go to hell, and in retaliation, she burns down the house. After the eclipse of the sun, Alice stops talking. Alice is then sent to a school for mentally retarded children, where she discovers an ability to fulfill her desires, such as making apples fall from the tree. After wishing to move away and causing a hurricane, she, her mother, and grandmother move to Moscow, having sold her grandmothers jewelry to pay for the tickets.Alice tries to enter the university, but does not earn enough points on the entrance exam, trying to fulfill her desire to want to learn. But an admitted student dies in a car accident, and she enters in his place. Alice gets a job walking around the city dressed as a mobile phone. Through the costume she observes the life of the capital, the city communicates with it in the language of advertising signs Everything depends on you, Do not be afraid of their desires, Follow your own star ... ........

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