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The Mermaid (French: La Sirène) is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 593–595 in its catalogues. [ 1 ]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 13 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. [7] Wilson Kwong of Film Inquiry reviewed the film positively, stating, "A Mermaid in Paris is a refreshingly original film about what it means to believe in the things you love, and in doing that, makes a strong argument of why you should love ...
Mississippi Mermaid (French: La Sirène du Mississipi) is a 1969 romantic crime drama film written and directed by François Truffaut and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve. Adapted from the 1947 novel Waltz into Darkness by William Irish , the film follows a tobacco planter on the island of Réunion who becomes engaged through ...
The narrative begins in 1938 in Turin and misty winter, where the encounter between two personalities different from each other, both Sicilians: the distinguished classicist Rosario La Ciura, an eminent retired professor of Ancient Greek and member of the Italian Senate, and the young Paolo Corbera di Salina, a Sicilian of noble birth who works as a journalist and chases skirts.
La Sirena chilota is an aquatic creature belonging to the Chilote mythology. Perhaps its origin is due to binding of the myths of the Sumpall of the Mapuche mythology and the Mermaid of European mythology. Like to the mermaids, the siren chilota is characterized by a body half fish and half woman, with blond hair and golden scales; and her ...
The Strike (Czech: Siréna, "Siren") is a 1947 Czechoslovak film about striking miners directed by Karel Steklý. [1] It is based on the novel of the same title by Marie Majerová . It was awarded Grand International Prize (later known as Golden Lion) in Venice Film Festival in 1947.
Rusalka) is a 1996 Russian animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov and showcasing the paint-on-glass animation technique for which Petrov is known. The story is based on traditional Slavic folklore about the rusalki , river-dwelling mermaids said to be "born" from the unhappy souls of young women who had committed suicide by drowning ...
La sirena varada is a Spanish play by Alejandro Casona written in 1934 during his stay in Valle de Arán. [1] It is about a mermaid who falls in love with a man named Ricardo. [2] It was released at Teatro Español in Madrid in the night of 17 March 1934, which was directed by Margarita Xirgu and Enrique Borrás and it got good reviews. [3]