The Nixie

The Nixie is a dark folk tale based on an old Polish legend immortalized by Adam Mickiewicz in a poem of the same name It tells the story of a water nymph who takes on a human form to seduce a young man she encounters in the forest Mesmerized he makes a vow of love towards her and the woman transforms back into the nymph to test his love The young man who does not know the nymph and woman are the same succumbs to her mystical beauty and breaks his vow The nymph then takes her revenge by swallowing him into the lake where he will eternally remain as his punishment The film begins in a lifelike world and slowly morphs into the fantastical as the line between the real and the mystical blur A comingofage fairytale The Fairy of Switez Lake is a modern seductive filmic poem with a catchy new wave soundtrack for this timeless cautionary tale