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''Русалка'' (''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusalka Rusalka]]''), released in English as ''Mermaid'', is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
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''Русалка'' (''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusalka Rusalka]]''), released in English as ''Mermaid'', is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva.
Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a Russian village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves toMoscow, UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}}, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian an entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a Russian village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Alice's mother is a gorgeous plus-sized woman; the sailor who fathers Alice on her is smitten at first sight (it probably helps that the first sight was her coming out of the ocean completely naked).
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* ShortTeensTallAdults: Alice is noticeably shorter than the adults she's around. Then again, she seems to be a head shorter than most of the teenagers...
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* TeensAreShort: Alice is noticeably shorter than the adults she's around. Then again, she seems to be a head shorter than most of the teenagers...
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I think this belongs in Animation.Mermaid instead so moving this examples to that page.
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* SirenSong: The rusalka enthralls the apprentice with her beauty and her singing voice, and lures him into the river. She then flips him out of his rowboat and attempts to drown him. The old monk intervenes.
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* SirenSong: The rusalka enthralls the apprentice with her beauty and her singing voice, and lures him into the river. She then flips him out of his rowboat and attempts to drown him. The old monk intervenes.
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''Русалка'', released in English as ''Mermaid'', is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
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* NeverTrustATitle: The film doesn't have any literal mermaids, despite the title. It's a metaphor for the protagonist's desire to "return to the seas".
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''Русалка'', released in English as ''Mermaid'' is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
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''Русалка'', released in English as ''Mermaid'' ''Mermaid'', is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
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Not to be confused with the Russian animated short ''Animation/{{Mermaid}}''.
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* DawsonCasting: A minor case. Anna Melikyan was 24 when she played Alice, who is in her mid-teens. She's only three years younger than her "adult" love interest, Aleksandr.
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* DawsonCasting: A minor case. Anna Melikyan was 24 when she played Alice, who is in her mid-teens. She's only three years younger than her "adult" love interest, Aleksandr.
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* CuteMute: Around the age of six, Alice causes a horrible fire and does not speak again until she is a teenager.
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* TheSpeechless: Around the age of six, Alice causes a horrible fire and does not speak again until she is a teenager.
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''Русалка'', released in English as ''Mermaid'' is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
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* BungledSuicide: Alice has one leg over the side of the bridge when Aleksandr jumps off of the bridge. After she rescues him, he attempts to walk into traffic while drunk, but she shields him by steepling her hands around him to block the cars.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Aleksandr's apartment is decked out with multiple remote-controlled systems. Moscow in general is filled with advertisements telling people to buy more, spend more, to demonstrate their wealth to each other.
* CuteMute: Around the age of six, Alice causes a horrible fire and does not speak again until she is a teenager.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: From Alice's perspective, she causes things to happen by wanting them, but it all could just be coincidences too.
* RescueRomance: Alice believes that this is what is happening with Aleksandr. He remains completely unaware.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Alice is walking through the streets, and is narrowly missed by a speeding car that's been seen in the background repeatedly. Then, she's hit by the car going the other way]].
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''Русалка'', released in English as ''Mermaid'' is a 2007 Russian {{dramedy}} film directed and written by Anna Melikyan and starring Mariya Shalayeva. Alisa Titova (Shalayeva) is the bastard daughter of a long-haul sailor and a village girl. She lives with her mother and grandmother near the sea, dreaming of her father returning to them, and yearning to be a ballerina. After a traumatic fire leaves her mute, she learns to make her wishes come true by wanting them badly enough, but her every wish brings disaster in its wake. After her family moves to Moscow, she meets Aleksandr, a Russian entrepreneur selling plots on the moon, and falls in love with him. And now, despite her misgivings, she has a new wish to bring to fruition...
!!This film exhibits the following tropes:
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* BungledSuicide: Alice has one leg over the side of the bridge when Aleksandr jumps off of the bridge. After she rescues him, he attempts to walk into traffic while drunk, but she shields him by steepling her hands around him to block the cars.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Aleksandr's apartment is decked out with multiple remote-controlled systems. Moscow in general is filled with advertisements telling people to buy more, spend more, to demonstrate their wealth to each other.
* CuteMute: Around the age of six, Alice causes a horrible fire and does not speak again until she is a teenager.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: From Alice's perspective, she causes things to happen by wanting them, but it all could just be coincidences too.
* RescueRomance: Alice believes that this is what is happening with Aleksandr. He remains completely unaware.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Alice is walking through the streets, and is narrowly missed by a speeding car that's been seen in the background repeatedly. Then, she's hit by the car going the other way]].
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