The Secret of Roan Inish(Movie, 1994)

Name: The Secret of Roan Inish
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Released: 1994
Duration: T01:43:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 43min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 34 votes)

The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 independent fantasy-adventure film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the 1957 novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry. It is centered on the Irish and Orcadian folklores of selkies—seals that can shed their skins to become human. The story, set on the west coast of Ulster in the north-west of Ireland, is about Fiona, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents and her cousin Eamon near the island of Roan Inish, where the selkies are rumored to reside. It is a family legend that her younger brother was swept away in his infancy and raised by a selkie. Part of the film takes place in Donegal Town. ()

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About The Secret of Roan Inish

10-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..

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Additional Information

Production countries: Ireland, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Donegal, Isle of Mull

Plays in: Republic of Ireland

Based on: "Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Jones Entertainment Group, Skerry Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Irish (GA)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/03/1995 (World premiere: 05/14/1994)

Cast: John Lynch, Susan Lynch, Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan

Director: John Sayles

Screenwriter: John Sayles

Film Editor: John Sayles

Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler

Composer: Mason Daring

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"人鱼传说"

"天涯海角"

"Il Segreto Dell'isola Di Roan"

Keywords: island, seal (animal), irish folklore, family relationships, legend, ireland, fishing boat, selkie

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The Secret of Roan Inish(Movie, 1994)

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