The Lure

In this movie everything is a little crazy and daring. So if you are fond of surprising discoveries, do not miss it. It’s dark and fog envelops the bank of a river while musicians from a bar drink and sing. The camera moves to the surface of the water where we expect to see arise a drowned body. But instead two mermaids emerge from the Vistula and sing: «Catch us, we will not eat you.» This phrase will show later to be premonitory. Agnieszka Smoczynska, who presented the film at Sundance, revisits the myth of mermaids, but transforms it into a musical thriller with style. At times kitschy, sometimes disturbing, the film never ceases to surprise the viewer by its characters, its sets and changes of tones. It is not every day you can get to see a film with mermaids singing in dubious nightclubs recalling the 80’s. A truly original work which will appeall to anyone.

Flagey, Brussels Film Festival