The Lure
2015 · TMDB 6.2 · Córki dancingu
Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.
Why it matters
Agnieszka Smoczyńska's genre-defying musical about two mermaid sisters who join a nightclub band in Warsaw. A surreal, bloody fairy tale about the price of love and the impossibility of belonging.
From Love in the Ruins
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Released
- 2015-12-25
- Studio
- Telewizja Polska
- Country
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- TMDB score
- 6.2
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Where this title sits in a journey — and where cinema takes you next.
Love in the Ruins
Position 8 of 8
Agnieszka Smoczyńska's genre-defying musical about two mermaid sisters who join a nightclub band in Warsaw. A surreal, bloody fairy tale about the price of love and the impossibility of belonging.
Fractured Fables
Position 7 of 8
Two mermaid sisters join a cabaret band in Warsaw, where one falls for a human and the other succumbs to her predatory nature, in a musical horror that reimagines The Little Mermaid.
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