2 Movies Starring Mariya Shalayeva

Mermaid

Mermaid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-22

Languages:

Russian, Mandarin

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2286 Reviews)

Director:

Anna Melikyan

Cast:

Writer:

Anna Melikyan (screenplay)

Natalya Nazarova

Fullplot:

The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.

Nirvana

Nirvana

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-03

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (277 Reviews)

Director:

Igor Voloshin

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Valera the Dead Man. First they fight, but soon the two women form a friendship. Together they even go after the Petersburg underworld when Dead Man is abducted because he can't pay his debts.

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