The Lure
2015 · Movie · Not Rated · 93 min · ★ 6.2 · 71% critics
Two teenage mermaid sisters surface in 1980s Warsaw and are taken in by a nightclub, where they become part of the floor show. As city life pulls them in different directions, desire, hunger, and exploitation collide, forcing them toward painful choices about who they want to be and where they belong.
Based on The Little Mermaid
Also known as The Lure - Córki dancingu
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Details
- Original title
- Córki dancingu
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-12-25
- Language
- PL
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (292 votes)
- Box office
- $108,846
About
If you enjoy strange, dark fairy tales that mix musical numbers with horror and erotic tension, this could click; Not for you if you hate musicals, want clear logic, or dislike nudity and blood.
Pros: wildly original genre blend; dreamlike retro nightclub vibe; bold fairy-tale edge | Cons: lots of singing; uneven pacing and logic; explicit nudity and gore
Themes
- mermaid
- musical
- woman director
- 1980s
- warsaw, poland
- sister sister relationship
Cast & crew
Michalina Olszańska
as Mermaid Złota
Marta Mazurek
as Mermaid Srebrna
Kinga Preis
as Krysia
Jakub Gierszał
as Mietek
Andrzej Konopka
as Drummer
Zygmunt Malanowicz
as Kierownik sali
Marcin Kowalczyk
as Tryton / Dedal
Magdalena Cielecka
as Boskie Futro
Katarzyna Herman
as Porucznik MO
Joanna Niemirska
as Nerka
Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska