Tight pants, bell bottoms, leather and velvet... We are well into the disco years for this hilarious remake of porn films from this delicious era. A treat !
Imagine Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” retold by Tom of Finland, and throw in an homage to early gay erotic films, and you get the artful Rusalka, set to the music of Antonín Dvořák’s opera of the same name and starring burlesque icons Luminous Pariah and Chris Harder.
Moonif, a young Syrian refugee, stumbles into a bar and falls before the gaze of a tattooed man reading poetry. There is a moment of recognition, even without understanding each other's language. Moonif, too shy, walks away but... they will meet again.
