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The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Directed by John Sayles
“Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.”
Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama · 1h 43m
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.
Cast
Mick Lally
John Lynch
Dave Duffy
Declan Hannigan
Fergal McElherron
Brendan Conroy
Frankie McCafferty
Crew
- Director
- John Sayles
- Screenplay
- John Sayles
- Novel
- Rosalie K. Fry
- Director of Photography
- Haskell Wexler
- Original Music Composer
- Mason Daring
- Editor
- John Sayles
- Producer
- Sarah Green, Maggie Renzi
Details
- Release date
- 1994-05-14
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Irish
- Countries
- Ireland, United States of America
- Production
- Jones Entertainment Group, Skerry Movies, Peter Newman Productions, First Look Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Budget
- $5,700,000
- Box office
- $6,160,000