Five women born into immigrant families in Luxembourg think about their countries and their identities, while searching through mountains and rivers for the ancient figure of Mélusine.
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.
Winner of the HBO Max Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
Winner of the Schools Award ETIC for Best Portuguese Competition Film
Winner of the Fernando Lopes Award – Midas Filmes and Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese First Film
Melanie Pereira
