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Fishtales is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alki David released in USA on 1 may 2008 with Kelly Brook
Fishtales (2007)
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Add to a movie listFishtales is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Alki David, and starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook about a widowed father who falls in love with a mermaid. The film was released theatrically in the UK on 24 August 2007.
At the time of filming, co-stars Billy Zane and Kelly Brook were engaged to be married, but they have since split. This is the second film that the couple have worked on together, the previous being 2005's Survival Island, where they met.
Synopsis
Widowed Classics Professor Thomas Bradley (Billy Zane) is about to lose his research grant studying ancient love spells at Oxford University. He knows he is close to a major academic breakthrough and desperately needs more time to complete his research. Thomas is given one last chance to finish his work, and goes to the Greek island of Spetses, where he has been invited to stay at the home of a supportive Oxford don Professor Coulter. Thomas brings along his 12-year-old daughter, Serena (Amber Savva). The house is in tolerable condition, and Serena finds a book about merpeople that has an ancient Greek inscription on the cover.Actors
Kelly Brook
(Neried)
Billy Zane
(Thomas Bradley)
Alki David
(Captain Mavros)
Amber Savva
(Serena Bradley)
Olivia Grant
(Angela)
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