The Lure
This genre-defying horror-musical mash-up—the bold debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska—follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńska’s imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,” in which the girls’ bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human. A coming-of-age fairy tale with a catchy synth-fueled soundtrack, outrageous song-and-dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, The Lure explores its themes of emerging female sexuality, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- High-definition digital master, supervised by director of photography Kuba Kijowski, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, actors Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszańska, screenwriter Robert Bolesto, Kijowski, composers Barbara and Zuzanna Wrońskie, sound designer Marcin Lenarczyk, and choreographer Kaya Kołodziejczyk
- Deleted scenes
- Aria Diva (2007) and Viva Maria! (2010), two short films by Smoczyńska
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by novelist, playwright, and storyteller Angela Lovell
New cover by Sam Spratt
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- High-definition digital master, supervised by director of photography Kuba Kijowski, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, actors Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszańska, screenwriter Robert Bolesto, Kijowski, composers Barbara and Zuzanna Wrońskie, sound designer Marcin Lenarczyk, and choreographer Kaya Kołodziejczyk
- Deleted scenes
- Aria Diva (2007) and Viva Maria! (2010), two short films by Smoczyńska
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by novelist, playwright, and storyteller Angela Lovell
New cover by Sam Spratt
Cast
- Kinga Preis
- Nightclub singer
- Michalina Olszańska
- Gold
- Marta Mazurek
- Silver
- Jakub Gierszał
- Bass player
- Andrzej Konopka
- Drummer
- Zygmunt Malanowicz
- House manager
- Marcin Kowalczyk
- Triton
Credits
- Director
- Agnieszka Smoczyńska
- Screenwriter
- Robert Bolesto
- Producer
- Włodzimierz Niderhaus
- Coproducers
- Jarosław Sawko
- Coproducers
- Piotr Sikora
- Line producer
- Andrzej Besztak
- Director of photography
- Kuba Kijowski
- Music and lyrics
- Barbara Wrońska
- Music and lyrics
- Zuzanna Wrońska
- Arrangement
- Marcin Macuk
- Arrangement
- Barbara Wrońska
- Production designer
- Joanna Macha
- Editor
- Jarosław Kamiński
- Sound designers
- Maria Chilarecka
- Sound designers
- Marcin Lenarczyk
- Costume designer
- Katarzyna Lewińska
- Makeup artist
- Janusz Kaleja
- Special effects makeup artist
- Tomasz Matraszek
- Choreographers
- Kaya Kołodziejczyk
- Choreographers
- Jarosław Staniek
Trailer for The Lure
