Film detail | Mermaid
A Thousand and One Night
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Subtitles: Anglické, české
Directed by: Anna Melikjan
Year: 2007
Length: 115`
Rating: 16
Screenplay: Anna Melikjan
Director of Photography: Oleg Kirichenko
Music: Igor Vdovin
Production: Central Partnership
Synopsis: Once upon a time a girl named Alisa lived by the sea. She let life carry her along, never struggling, always adapting to changing conditions and historical events. The only unusual thing about Alisa was her gift of making wishes come true. Eventually she found herself in metropolitan Moscow, where Chance took her by the hand and introduced her to a man with a cross on his chest that read "save and protect." Alisa took one look at the man, and her life was changed forever…
Anna Melikjan: Anna Melikjan (1976) is and Armenian screenwriter and director. She began making films with short and medium-length films and also worked in television. She gained experience abroad in the areas of production and post-production and later added film studies and graduated in directing from the Russian State Film Institute (VGIK) in Moscow. She made her feature-film debut with feature fantasy film Mars (????, 2004) and further made the award-winning film Mermaid (???????, 2007).
Where and when Mermaid is screened
| Where | When | Reservation |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Apple Cinema, č. 2 | May 30th at 17:10 | N/A |
Other films of the section A Thousand and One Night
- Hans Christian Andersen and the Long Shadow (1998), Jannik Hastrup
- The Emperor's Nightingale (1948), Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec
- The Snow Queen (2012), Maxim Sveshnikov, Vlad Barbe
- The Swineherd (1958), Hermína Týrlová
- The Ugly Duckling (2010), Garri Bardin
- The Wild Swans (2009), Peter Flinth, Ghita Norby
- Young Andersen (2005), Rumle Hammerich
Other films of 2007
- Fighter, Natasha Arthy
- Island of Lost Souls, Nikolaj Arcel
- Just Like Home, Lone Scherfig
