In a Japanese boarding school, where lost and troubled teenage girls train to become professional mermaids, roaming the hallways, with hair colour matching their mermaid tails, quiet 16-year-old Akame, who seems disconnected from the world around her, displays however a profound affinity with the water. During one of the rigorous training sessions, she is saved from a near-death experience when her coach, Kotaro, gives her the kiss of life. Desire awakens and Akame finds herself falling in love, discovering her voice and becoming conscious of the devastating power of her siren song. Akame is now compelled to travel to the end of the world, in order to truly understand the meaning of our archetypal confrontation with Nature’s power.
Director: Konstantina Kotzamani
Writer: Konstantina Kotzamani
Producer: Maria Drandaki
Co-producers: Birgit Kemner, Luisa Romeo, Radu Stancu, Nina Frese
Associate producer: Kyveli Short
Produced by Homemade Films
Co-produced by Manny Films, Frida Films, deFilm, Wunderlust
With the support of Eurimages, Greek Film Centre & ERT (GR), CNC (FR), ICAA & ICEC (ES), CNC (RO), TFL Co-proudction Fund, BR/ARTE & Creative Europe – MEDIA
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