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Rusalka

  • 2007
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.8K
YOUR RATING
Mariya Shalayeva in Rusalka (2007)
ComedyDramaFantasy

Alice believes that she has the powers to make dreams come true and falls in love with Sasha. She does weird things to attract his attention but finds that destiny has something else in stor... Read allAlice believes that she has the powers to make dreams come true and falls in love with Sasha. She does weird things to attract his attention but finds that destiny has something else in store for her.Alice believes that she has the powers to make dreams come true and falls in love with Sasha. She does weird things to attract his attention but finds that destiny has something else in store for her.

  • Director
    • Anna Melikyan
  • Writers
    • Anna Melikyan
    • Natalya Nazarova
  • Stars
    • Mariya Shalayeva
    • Evgeniy Tsyganov
    • Mariya Sokova
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anna Melikyan
    • Writers
      • Anna Melikyan
      • Natalya Nazarova
    • Stars
      • Mariya Shalayeva
      • Evgeniy Tsyganov
      • Mariya Sokova
    • 19User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Mariya Shalayeva
    Mariya Shalayeva
    • Alisa Titova
    Evgeniy Tsyganov
    Evgeniy Tsyganov
    • Aleksandr Viktorovich 'Sasha'
    Mariya Sokova
    • Alisa's mother
    Anastasiya Dontsova
    • Young Alisa
    • (as Nastya Dontsova)
    Veronika Skugina
    Irina Skrinichenko
    • Rita - Sasha's girlfriend
    Albina Evtushevskaya
    • Alisa's grandmother
    Oksana Borisova
    Ivan Nikolaev
    Igor Savochkin
    Igor Savochkin
    Igor Yatsko
    Igor Yatsko
    • Alisa's chief
    Igor Uryvaev
    Sergey Chirkov
    Maksim Konovalov
    Maksim Konovalov
    Tomas Mockus
    Tomas Mockus
    Aleksandr Ratnikov
      Artur Smolyaninov
      Artur Smolyaninov
      • Sasha's client
      Nana Kiknadze
      • Director
        • Anna Melikyan
      • Writers
        • Anna Melikyan
        • Natalya Nazarova
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

      User reviews19

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      8kajfash

      Great film

      This film is one more must see Film! I saw trailer few month before and realized that it could be a good film. So it started from 22 Nov in the Ukraine's cinema. This film type is Drama but there are lot of fun issues and new ideas. I was impressed as Mariya Shalayeva play Alisa and as you can see from awards list she won 'Best Actress' award at Sochi. I'm skeptic to the Russian films but this is one more film after which I had impression for the next 2 days. I want to write about this now! It exceed my expectations! I recommend this film for any people ages except children's! And I'm waiting next films from Mariya Shalayeva and Anna Melikyan. I hope they will be great too!
      9sundisilver

      Creative, quirky, spectacular acting!

      For whatever reason, Americans rarely are treated to Russian films, which is probably a great loss... certainly seems so after seeing the film "Mermaid." With a quirky story line and a very compelling opening sequence (great graphics!), it's a combination of incredible acting by the two actresses who play the lead character at different ages as well as the supporting cast and creative directing that make this worth watching. Not wanting to give anything away, I'll just say that my family enjoyed this film very much - but nothing prepared us for the ending. Highly recommend. (I reserved one star because I would have liked to see some creative cinematography of the Russian countryside; nevertheless, seeing Moscow up close in film is a treat.)
      8imbicta

      This movie makes Amélie look insignificant

      In the center of the plot there's a girl who can use magic realism to transform her life and the life of people living around her. But this is just as far as I can get with the comparison to The Fabulous World of Amélie Poulain. Because then comes the best.

      In this movie you will face not only the benefits of this power but above all the desperation in it. The alienation in it. And the violence in it.

      Turns out to be something much closer to real life, and real dreams and frustrations. It's not sweet, it's just big. Deserves to be watched for sure.
      9redhairedjim

      Why worth watching and why worth remembering

      This beautiful picture represents the loveliest trend of the modern Russian cinema (that largely consists of cheap action movies and lachrymose dramas) - a definite piece of art and a work of an Author, a story that truthfully and painfully reflects city life from the confused point of view of an outsider, dreamer, youngster. "Rusalka" is often compared to "Progulka" (2003) and "Piter FM" (2006), as in this respect these films are kindred to "Rusalka", never mentioning the fact that they all star Yevgeni Tsyganov - the new Russian Gael García Bernal type. However, watching "Rusalka" aches more than two before-mentioned pictures, for it doesn't lie for the sake of good mood. "Rusalka" is sometimes also called "Amélie Poulain in Moscow" because of the expressive and charming character of the heroine who believes that life is a beautiful and never-ending mystery; however, "Rusalka" goes farther than "Amélie", openly showing that City is not only a place of romance and unexpected adventures, but in fact a get-together of very very lonely people who find each other to remain alone. "Such things do happen in megapoles. Seriously, no big deal. Such things do happen." This might hurt.
      9newtt11

      A fantastic modern fable

      Mermaid is an awesomely bizarre tale of a strange girl called Alisa, who, as a little girl, lives by the beach with her comically grotesque mother and grandmother and pines for her father to come and rescue her . Later on in her life she is forced to confront reality when she travels to Moscow with her family, and as a teenager, finds out all about all the wonders of the world, including love, jobs and friendship, all seen through an impossibly optimistic and offbeat sensibility. Mermaid plays like the second coming of Amelie, and everything about it is utterly charming; the fantastically upbeat, jazzy score, the dreamy cinematography tinged with realism, the quirky scenarios, but mostly the utterly charismatic and awesome central performances from the two girls playing Alisa, who like Audrey Tatou before them, will make you fall in love. Alisa is such an endearingly odd character, charmingly offbeat and naive, while remaining startlingly independent and fierce. A last act stumble provoked by a tangle of superfluous characters dampens the charm of the film somewhat,and it meanders in parts, but on the whole Mermaid is an almost note-perfect film that will leave you with a dreamy smile on your face and a longing for days of lost innocence.

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      • Trivia
        Russia's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.
      • Quotes

        Alisa Titova: Why would anyone need a property on the moon?

        Aleksandr Viktorovich 'Sasha': To have somewhere to escape.

      • Connections
        Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
      • Soundtracks
        Odin telefonnyy zvonok
        Written and performed by Lera Masskva

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      Details

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      • Release date
        • November 22, 2007 (Russia)
      • Country of origin
        • Russia
      • Official site
        • Official site (Russia)
      • Languages
        • Russian
        • Mandarin
      • Also known as
        • Mermaid
      • Filming locations
        • Anapa, Krasnodarsky Krai, Russia(Exterior)
      • Production companies
        • Central Partnership
        • Magnum
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      • Budget
        • $1,700,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $1,431,983
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 55 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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