Mermaids take the stage in Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska's horror musical, a cult classic in the making. This genre-defying horror-musical mash-upthe bold debut of Polish director AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist... on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, in which the girls' bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human. A coming-of-age fairy tale with a catchy synth-fuelled soundtrack, outrageous song-and-dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, The Lure explores its themes of emerging female sexuality, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality. BONUS FEATURES DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: High-definition digital master, supervised by director of photography Kuba Kijowski, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Agnieszka Smoczynska, actors Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska, screenwriter Robert Bolesto, Kijowski, composers Barbara and Zuzanna Wronski, sound designer Marcin Lenarczyk, and choreographer Kaya KoÅodziejczyk Deleted scenes Aria Diva (2007) and Viva Maria! (2010), two short films directed by Smoczynska New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by writer Angela Lovell [show more]
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Agnieszka Smoczynska directs this Polish horror musical starring Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska. Carnivorous mermaid sisters Srebrna (Mazurek) and Zlota (Olszanska) come ashore one night in Warsaw where they meet a family of musicians who, transfixed by their siren-like song, invite them to sing with them at a local nightclub. Becoming an instant hit with the clubgoers, their new life looks set to give them a fresh start but when Srebrna falls in love with a human Zlota worries that her sister's feelings will jeopardise their long term plan.
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