Mermaids Don't Cry
Annika works in a supermarket but dreams of the perfect mermaid fin that will finally bring glitz and glamour into her less-than-optimal life. One day, her father unexpectedly appears on her doorstep and moves in with her. Her colleague and friend Karo dedicates her time and energy to her latest romantic affair and leaves her two children with Annika. Marc, whom she met at the swimming pool, spends a night with Annika—and stays. In fact, he doesn’t have an apartment of his own. Last but not least, cutbacks are to be made in the supermarket, and the shamanically trained store manager is looking for potential layoffs. But none of that matters: Annika needs the fin—and it costs a lot!
Cast
- Annika
- Stefanie Reinsperger
- Karo
- Julia Franz Richter
- Hermann
- Karl Fischer
- Marc
- Nico Ehrenteit
- Jackie
- Johanna Kottulinsky
- Niki
- Jonas Gerzabek
- Mrs. Biber
- Inga Busch
- Frau Petra
- Gerti Drassl
- Georg
- Christoph Radakovits
Mermaids Don't Cry
Franziska Pflaum
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Austria 2022
- Language
- dt. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- Digital file, Color, 91min
1.85:1, Dolby Stereo (LtRt)
Director & Crew
Franziska Pflaum
Born in 1987 in Vienna/Austria. Studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Active as a director and writer.
Filmography
| 2011 | April-Juni | Kurzdokumentarfilm | |
| 2012 | Virgil & Evan | Kurzdokumentarfilm | |
| 2014 | Draussen der Wald | Kurzfilm | |
| 2015 | Eine Einstellung für Harun Farocki | Kurzdokumentarfilm Co-Regie |
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| 2016 | Es ist wieder nichts | Kurzfilm | |
| 2021 | Im Universum geht keiner verloren | Kurzfilm | 2021 |
| 2022 | Mermaids don’t cry | Spielfilm | 2022 |
| 2023 | So schön wie du | Kurzfilm |
“[...] My protagonists are crafty and brave. They have to be, because we live in a world where it’s too easy to fall by the wayside if you don’t learn to stand up for yourself...”
Franziska Pflaum
- Writer
- Franziska Pflaum
- Christiane Kalss
- Director of Photography
- Robert Oberrainer
- Editor
- Friederike Hohmuth
- Production Designer
- Thomas Lehner
- Rafael Loß
- Costume Designer
- Johanna Pflaum
- Casting Director
- Isabell Krivanek
- Sound
- Gregor Manhardt
- Sound Designer
- Veronika Hlawatsch
- Music Composer
- Anda Revertera
- Moritz René Scharf
- Make-up
- Chrissi Akbaba
- Jasmin Simak
- Producer
- Viktoria Salcher
- Mathias Forberg
