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The Secret of Roan Inish

Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.
Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy - 1994
The Secret of Roan Inish
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Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Director:
,
John Sayles
Cast:
,
John Lynch
,
Eileen Colgan
,
Mick Lally
,
Jeni Courtney
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Dave Duffy
,
Declan Hannigan
,
Pat Slowey
,
Fergal McElherron
,
Richard Sheridan
,
Micheal MacCarthaigh

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Details

Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
14 May 1994
Country:
IE, US
Languages:
English, Irish
Budget:
$5,700,000
Revenue:
$6,160,000
Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The rhythms are placid and the camerawork (by Haskell Wexler) is simple and unfussy. The film's a charm.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
3 May 2013
rotten:
John Sayles' latest marks his entry into family-pic terrain, a crossing that draws pleasant but unexciting results.
– Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar 2008
fresh:
Moving from passion fish to mystical seals, versatile filmmaker John Sayles' latest is a first-rate, all-ages fairy tale steeped in Irish folklore.
– Michael Rechtshaffen,
Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar 2008
fresh:
This is all rather low-key and uninsistent, but the settings are gorgeous, and Haskell Wexler's cinematography makes the most of them.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
11 Mar 2008
fresh:
Tales within tales, a subtle sense of economic and social realities, fine landscape photography and strong performances make for an engrossing, unusual fantasy.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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