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, cut-backs are to be made in the supermarket and the shamanically trained store manager is looking for potential lay-offs. 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
- de. OF mit en. 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
SO SCHÖN WIE DU, Kurzfilm
2015 EINE EINSTELLUNG FÜR HARUN FAROCKI, (Co-Regie)Kurzdokumentarfilm
2016 ES IST WIEDER NICHTS, Kurzfilm
2021 IM UNIVERSUM GEHT KEINER VERLOREN, Kurzfilm HOF 2021
2022 MERMAIDS DON’T CRY, Spielfilm HOF 2022
“[...] My protagonists are crafty and brave. And 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