TY - BOOK AU - Anna Melikyan AU - Anna Melikyan AU - Natalya Nazarova AU - Mariya Shalayeva AU - Anastasiya Dontsova AU - Mariya Sokova AU - Evgeniy Tsyganov AU - Veronika Skugina AU - Irina Skrinichenko AU - Albina Evtushevskaya TI - Rusalka: Mermaid AV - PN1997 .R873 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Russia PB - Central Partnership, Megnum N2 - From case cover: It wowed audiences at Sundance, swept awards at international festivals, and has been hailed by critics worldwide as "brilliant" (Prost Amerika), "beautiful" (Quiet Earth) and "the Russian AMELIE" (Screen Daily). From breakthrough writer/director Anna Melikyan comes the quirky yet bittersweet story of Alisa, a lonely little girl from a seaside village who takes a vow of silence while believing she has the power to make wishes come true. But when Alisa is forced to move to Moscow as a teenager, her fairytale world will collide head-on with the realities of love, innocence and material life in modern Russia. Masha Shalayeva - in an award-winning performance - stars in this landmark hit that remains one of the most enchanting, acclaimed, and talked-about Russian films of our time ER -