Sirens (Sirene) (1968)

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"A fun enough animation about the hardships of being a fisherman with a heart of gold. The turns the animation takes throughout as characters warp into more characters carry the whole, as the narrative is a far cry from engrossing. Based on this and Harpya I'd say Servais maybe has a thing for body horror -esque femme fatales, though."

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"DIR: Raoul Servais SUMMARY: A fisherman in a desolate world overseen by towering cranes and prehistoric birds has an unusual encounter with a mermaid. WHY IT'S HERE: Belgian director Raoul Servais's previous film 'Chromophobia' was fairly obvious in the delivery of its message but with the haunting 'Sirene' Servais takes a more poetic, ambiguous approach and in doing so creates an even greater and more haunting film. The humour that sweetened 'Chromophobia's images of war is still very much "