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The Melusinas at the Edge of the River

The Melusinas at the Edge of the River

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 23, 2023

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

As Melusinas à Margem do Rio

Production Companies

Red Desert Films

Director

Melanie Pereira

Description

As she goes through hills and rivers looking for Melusina, a mutant and legendary mermaid from the city of Luxembourg, where she grew up, the director talks to four women about their uncertain identities: what it is like to be an immigrant without being one, and to be a Luxembourgish without being one. A journey through memory in rainy weather. A search for ever-fragmented identities. An uncertain attempt at reconciliation. The memory of emigration from a contemporary perspective of a generation with a radically different relation to territories and displacements.