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An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.
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Intimate, unpretentious, bleak and spare.
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“Is The Mermaid the real protagonist?”
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