Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kinga PreisWokalistka Krysia
- Michalina OlszańskaSyrena Złota
- Marta MazurekSyrena Srebrna
- Jakub GierszałBasista Mietek
- Andrzej KonopkaPerkusista
- Zygmunt MalanowiczKierownik sali
- Marcin KowalczykTryton / Dedal
- Magdalena CieleckaBoskie Futro
- Katarzyna HermanPorucznik MO
- Joanna NiemirskaNerka
Recommendations
- 91
Consequence
The Lure somehow manages to seamlessly assemble a film equal parts hilarious, affecting, and grisly while trading and warping aesthetics and tones by the scene. - 90
Village Voice
The film's messages are cleverly wrapped in Smoczynska's entertaining, original vision. It's sexy, fearless, fun, and unrepentantly nasty. - 83
The Playlist
Crafted as a kaleidoscope of color and nightclub sparkle, The Lure's glitter does not distract from the fact that this is a technically confident and often quite accomplished piece of filmmaking, with a rare ability to dance intuitively between linear plotting and phantasmagoric fantasy. - 83
IndieWire
Dare to peek under the scales of this wholly original and ominously enchanting nightmare, and you’ll find a simple story about the things that society forces a girl to give up if she wants to be part of our world. - 80
Variety
This kooky-monster escapade is never less than arresting, and sometimes even a riot. - 75
Slant Magazine
Agnieszka Smoczynska's film is most poignant when it simply stares at its own strangeness. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The filmmakers’ enthusiasm for their characters and the vanished period setting is palpable, asserting a certain fatalistic charm of its own. - 67
The Film Stage
Despite the creativity on display, the character choices and fatal decisions feel cliched.
