In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
In her debut, a strange and surreal musical horror set in the 1980s, Agnieszka Smoczyńska crafts a world drenched in vibrant colors and Europop gloss, brimming with absurdity and dripping with blood. “The Lure” is a concealed feminist fable addressed to fans of Tarantino rather than Disney. [culture.pl]
“The Lure” is a unique film in Polish cinema. Not only because the young director skillfully plays with cinema conventions but mainly because she gives voice to her protagonists and speaks about female sexuality from the female perspective rather than following men's fantasies and imaginations. Film was first screened at the Film Festival in Gdynia in 2015, where critics complimented the director's courage (Smoczyńska received the award for best debut), the imaginativeness of the set design, the excellent vocals of Kinga Preis, and the acting skills of the young actresses Michalina Olszańska and Marta Mazurek.
Free entry | Movie with English subtitles
