![]() She is willing to trade her home, her voice, and even her health for legs and the chance to win his heart….Ī surprising take on the classic tale, Mermaid is the story of two women with everything to lose. Meanwhile, the mermaid princess Lenia longs to return to the human man she carried to safety. Sure that the mermaid brought this man to her for a reason, Margrethe devises a plan to bring peace to her kingdom. As Margrethe nurses the handsome stranger back to health, she learns that not only is he a prince, he is also the son of her father's greatest rival. By the time Margrethe reaches the shore, the mermaid has disappeared into the sea. One gloomy, windswept morning as she stands in a convent garden overlooking the icy sea, she witnesses a miracle: a glittering mermaid emerging from the waves, a nearly drowned man in her arms. Princess Margrethe has been hidden away while her kingdom is at war. Two sheltered princesses, one wounded warrior who will live happily ever after? Here's the synopsis for Carolyn Turgeon's Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale: Hit the jump for the synopsis of Turgeon's novel. If she had a singing Caribbean crab as her friend, maybe that wouldn't have happened. In the original tale, the mermaid sacrifices everything to be with the prince, he marries someone else anyway, and she kills herself. ![]() ![]() While the film is being billed as a "dark re-imagining" of Andersen's tale, the original Little Mermaid was already incredibly dark. ![]()
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