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A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.


“Moments away from drowning, she became the sea.”
A woman drowning in trauma takes a therapist beyond her own depth into the darkness. Together, they navigate treacherous waters to find a way to break through the surface and into the light.
Justina Taft-Mattos
Nell
Dayva Summer Escobar
Oee
Michael Gregory
Ed

Steve Blum
Guru (voice)
Mermaids' Lament is a drama, fantasy film released in 2023 exploring themes of diving, trauma, mermaid, underwater, anxiety, fantasy. Directed by G.B. Hajim, it stars Justina Taft-Mattos, Dayva Summer Escobar, Michael Gregory. A woman drowning in trauma takes a therapist beyond her own depth into the darkness. Together, they navigate treacherous waters to find a way to break through the surface and into the light.
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